APHC010069122024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3504] TUESDAY, THE 8th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 931/2024 Between: 1. SHAIK ADAM SHAFI, S/O. NASAR VALI, 33 YEARS, MUSLIM BY CASTE, R/O. NALLAPADU, GUNTUR. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF AP, THROUGH SHO, NARASARAOPET I TOWN, PALNADU DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AT AMARAVATHI 2. SRI CH PRABHAKARA RAO, , INSPECTOR OF POLICE, SHO, NARASARAOPET I TOWN P.S., PALNADU DISTRICT ANDHRA PRADESH. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High CourtMAY BE pleased to quash the PRC No.10 of 2021 on the file of I Addl. Jr. Civil Judge, Narasaraopet against the Petitioner/Accused NO:6 and to pass IA NO: 1 OF 2024 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition,the High Court may be pleased pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings in PRC. 10 of 2021 on the file of I Addl. Jr. Civil Judge, Narasaraopet during the pendency of the Criminal Petition before this Hon'ble Court and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. SIVAJI RACHAMANTI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 2 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 931 of 2024 The Court made the following Order: Instant Criminal Petition, under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed on behalf of the petitioner herein (A6), seeking to quash the proceedings in PRC No.10 of 201 on the file of the learned Junior Civil Judge, Nararasaraopet, for the offences punishable under Section 3(i), 4(i), 5(i)(d) of ITP Act. 2. None represented for the petitioner. 3. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of Respondent No.1-State submits that the said PRC was committed and numbered as S.C.No.325 of 2024, which ended in acquittal. He also furnished a copy of the judgment, dated 17.01.2025, in S.C.No.325 of 2024, on the file of the Additional Assistant Sessions Judge, Narasaraopet, which depicts the name of the present petitioner (A6) along with the other accused. The said copy of judgment dated 17.01.2025 made in S.C.No.325 of 2024 are made as part of record. 4. Recording the submissions of the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, coupled with the fact that the petitioner (A6) was acquitted by the Trial Court, the Criminal Petition is closed. 3 Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 08.09.2026 vnb 4 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION No: 931 of 2024 Date: 08.09.2026 vnb