Andhra Pradesh High Court
CRLP/7316/2026 of Chikkavarapu Naga Venkata Siva Satyavati Alias Parvathi Vs The State of Andhra Pradesh on 19 August 2026
HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3604] THURSDAY, THE 20th DAY OF AUGUST 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE SUNITHA GANDHAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7316/2026 Between: 1. CHIKKAVARAPU NAGA VENKATA SIVA SATYAVATI ALIAS PARVATHI, W/O. NARENDRA VARMA,AGED
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
AT AMARAVATI
(Special Original Jurisdiction)
THURSDAY, THE 20th DAY OF AUGUST 2026
PRESENT
Between:
1. CHIKKAVARAPU
NAGA
VENKATA
SIVA
SATYAVATI
ALIAS
PARVATHI, W/O. NARENDRA VARMA,AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, OCC
HOUSEWIFE,R/O.
D.NO.
5-5-35/54,
PRASHANT
NAGAR,KUKATPALLI, HYDERABAD,TELANGANA STATE - 500072.
2. CHIKKAVARAPU VIJAYA LAKSHMI, W/O. SUBRAMANYAM,AGED
ABOUT 64 YEARS, OCC HOUSEWIFE,R/O. D.NO. 5-5-35/54, PRASHANT
NAGAR,KUKATPALLI,
HYDERABAD,TELANGANA
STATE - 500072.
...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S)
AND
1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC
PROSECUTOR,HIGH
COURT
AT
NELAPADU,
AMARAVATITHROUGH
THE
STATION
HOUSE
OFFICER,GHANTASALA POLICE STATION,KRISHNA DISTRICT.
2. JARUGU SRIDEVI, W/O. SRINIVASULU REDDY,AGED ABOUT 59
YEARS, OCC BUSINESS, R/O. APARTMENT, HIGH SCHOOL ROAD, KODALI VILLAGEGHANTASALA MANDAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT.
...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 Court quash the proceedings in Crime No. 92 of 2026 dated may 05.06.2026 on the file of Ghantasala Police Station, Krishna District against the petitioners/accused No. 3 and 4
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Crl.P.No.7316 dated 20.08.2026
IA NO: 1 OF 2026
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 quash the proceedings in Crime No. 92 of 2026
dated 05.06.2026 on the file of Ghantasala Police Station, Krishna District against the petitioners/accused No. 3 and 4
IA NO: 2 OF 2026
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 including arrest of the Petitioners/Accused No. 3 and 4 in Crime No. 92 of 2026 dated 05.06.2026 on the file of Ghantasala Police Station, Krishna District, pending disposal of Criminal Petition and to pass such Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S):
1. K NARSI REDDY
Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S):
1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
The Court made the following:
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ORDER:
This Criminal Petition is filed to quash the proceedings in Crime No. 92 of 2026 dated 05.06.2026 registered by the Station House Officer, Ghantasala Police Station, and the petitioners are Accused Nos.3 and 4 in the said crime.
2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor.
3. As per the version of the learned counsel for the petitioners, they are bona fide purchasers and they have not committed any offence and the Investigating Officer is trying to take coercive steps against the petitioners/Accused Nos.3 and 4.
4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor takes notice on behalf of Respondent No.1 and fairly submitted that a direction may be given to the Investigating Officer to follow the procedure under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNSS’), coupled with the guidelines laid down by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the judgment in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar & another1.
5. Learned counsel for the petitioners also fairly conceded to dispose of this petition by giving such a direction.
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6. In the result, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. The Investigating Officer, i.e., the Station House Officer, Ghantasala Police Station is directed to follow the guidelines laid down by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the judgment in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar & another, and Section 35(3) of the BNSS, before taking any further steps.
As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed.
___________________ SUNITHA GANDHAM,J
Date: 20.08.2026 SSA
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Date: 20.08.2026 SSA