CRLP/9285/2024 of PANDRANKI RAMARAO Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH on 30 September 2026

1. PANDRANKI RAMARAO, S/O SEETHAYYA, AGED 59 YEARS, OCC AGRICULTURE, R/O D.NO. 1-32, MAIN STREET, D.R VALASA VILLAGE, G.SIGADAM MANDAL, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT

2. PANDRANKI LAKSHMI,, W/O RAMARAO, AGED 55 YEARS, OCC HOUSE WIFE, R/O D.NO. 1-32, MAIN STREET, D.R VALASA VILLAGE, G.SIGADAM MANDAL, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT

3. PANDRANKI ESWARA NARAYANA,, S/O RAMARAO, AGED 27 YEARS, OCC PRIVATE EMPLOYEE, R/O D.NO. 1-32, MAIN STREET, D.R VALASA VILLAGE, G.SIGADAM MANDAL, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND

1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, BY STATION HOUSE OFFICER, G.SIGADAM POLICE STATION, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI

2. THE SUB DIVISIONAL POLICE OFFICER, SRIKAKULAM SUB DIVISION,

SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT.

REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI

3. GEDELA KRISHNA RAO, S/O LATE MARKENDE5AJILU, AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS, OCC RETD CTO, R/O SARVESWARAPURAM VILLAGE, G.SIGADAM MANDAL,

SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT.

PRESENTLY RESIDING AT FLAT NO. GL, TEJA APARTMENT, SECTOR 1, MUWALAVARIPALEM COLONY, VISAKHAPATNAM

...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): 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 quash the proceedings in Crime No. 112 of 2024 on the file of the G.Sigadam Police Station, Srikakulam District 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 to stay all further proceedings in Crime No. 112 of 2024 on the file of the G.Sigadam Police Station, Srikakulam District, pending disposal of the petition. Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S):

1. TADDI NAGESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S):

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9285 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 petitioners herein (A1 to A3), seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR in Crime No.112 of 2024 dated 13.11.2024 of G.Sigadam Police Station, Srikakulam District, for the offences punishable under Sections 329(3), 351(2) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 2018.

2. At the stage of admission, this Court has not granted any interim order in the instant lis.

3. Sri K.Sandeep, learned Aassistant 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.112 of 2024 dated 13.11.2024 of G.Sigadam Police Station Srikakulam District, before the jurisdictional Magistrate.

4. At that juncture, Sri Taddi Nageswara Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present Criminal Petition with a liberty to challenge the charge sheet.

5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as withdrawn, by granting liberty to work out their legal remedies, in accordance with the law.

Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand closed.

____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 01.10.2026 RMR

CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9285 of 2024

Date: 01.10.2026 RMR