APHC010400502025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI FRIDAY, THE 11th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8125 OF 2025 Between: 1. PRATHI NAGA BABU, S/o. Nancharayya Age 48 years, R/o. Pendurru Village Bantumilli Mandal, Krishna District. 2. Prathi Vasanth Babu, S/o. Prathi Naga Babu Age 22 years, R/o. Pendurru Village Bantumilli Mandal, Krishna District. 3. Prathi Paripurna, W/o. Prathi Naga Babu Age 42 years, R/o. Pendurru Village Bantumilli Mandal, Krishna District. ...Petitioners AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Through the Station House Officer, Bantumilli Police Station, Krishna District. Represented by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati 2. Vasavi Kanakadurga Devi Mandala, W/o. Jagadeesh, Aged about 23 years R/o. Palakoderu Village, Palakoderu Mandal West Godavari District.. ...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 Court may be pleased to quash the FIR in Crime No. 132 of 2025 of Bantumilli Police Station, Krishna District against the 2 Petitioners/Accused Nos. 1 to 3 in the interest of justice and pass such IA NO: 1 OF 2025 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 to dispense with filing of certified copy of the FIR in Crime No. 132 of 2025 of Bantumilli Police Station, Krishna District in the interest of justice and pass such IA NO: 2 OF 2025 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 may be pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings in pursuance to the Crime No. 132 of 2025 of Bantumilli Police Station, Krishna District, including arrest of the Petitioners/Accused Nos. 1 to 3 in the interest of justice and pass such Counsel for the Petitioners: KAMBHAMPATI RAMESH BABU Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8125 of 2025 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 petitioners herein (A1 to A3), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.132 of 2025 of Bantumilli Police Station, Krishna District, for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4) and 74 read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 2. 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 Crime No.132 of 2025 of Bantumilli Police Station, Krishna District, before the jurisdictional Magistrate. 3. At that juncture, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present Criminal Petition with a liberty to challenge the charge sheet, in accordance with the law, if so advised. 4 4. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn, by granting liberty to pursue legal remedies, in accordance with the law. Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. ____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 11.09.2026 PSA 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8125 of 2025 Date: 11.09.2026 PSA