APHC010537332024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE 10th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8714 OF 2024 Between: 1. DEVARAKONDA ARUN KUMAR, S/o Devarakonda Arjun, aged about 36 years, Occ Cultivation, Wo H. No. 8-1133, Bapuji Colony, Sullurpeta Town and Mandal, Tirupathi District. ...Petitioner AND 1. DEVARAKONDA PUJA, Ex W/o Devarakonda Arun Kumar, aged about 31 years, Occ Household, Wo Bapuji Colony, Sullurpeta Town and Mandal, Tirupathi District. 2. The State of Andhra Pradesh, through SHO, Sullurupet Police Station, Sullurpet, Tirupathi District, rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP At Amaravati ...Respondents 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 FIR in Crime No. 178 of 2024 on the file of Sullurupet PS, Tirupathi District (AJMFC, Sullurupet), against the petitioner/ Accused, 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 DISPENSE with the filing of certified 2 copy of FIR in Crime No. 178 of 2024 on the file of Sullurupet PS. Tirupathi District (AJMFC, Sullurupet) and to pass IA NO: 2 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 STAY all further proceedings in Crime No. 178 of 2024 on the file of Sullurupet PS Tirupathi District (AJMFC, Sullurupet), against the petitioner/ Accused, pending disposal of main Criminal Petition and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner: SREENIVASA RAO VELIVELA Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR Counsel for the Respondents:MALIREDDY GOWTHAM 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8714 of 2024 The Court made the following Order: Instant Criminal Petition, under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Section 482 Cr.P.C.), has been filed on behalf of the petitioner herein (Accused), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.178 of 2024 of Sullurpet Police Station, Tirupati District, for the offences punishable under Sections 447, 452, 379, 506, 354 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and 156 (3) Cr.P.C. 2. At the stage of admission, this Court has not granted any interim order in the instant lis. 3. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of respondent-State, basing on the written instructions, submits that the police have filed a charge sheet in FIR in Crime No.178 of 2024 of Sullurpet Police Station, Tirupati District, before the jurisdictional Magistrate. 4. At that juncture, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present Criminal Petition with a liberty to workout legal remedies, in accordance with the law, if so advised. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn, by granting liberty to workout legal remedies, in accordance with the law. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 10.09.2026 KKN 4 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8714 of 2024 Date: 10.09.2026 KKN