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2026 Supreme(Online)(AP) 3796

HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J
CHILAKA SRIKANTH – Appellant
Versus
K AROGYARAJU – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: PATILYUGANDHAR REDDY
For the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

Table of Content
1. allegations against the accused lack sufficient legal grounding. (Para 2 , 3)
2. arguments concerning legal deficiencies in the prosecution. (Para 4 , 5)
3. court's examination of legal framework for prosecution and authority. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12)
4. proceedings quashed due to absence of valid jurisdiction. (Para 28 , 29)

ORDER

Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 528 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Act, 2023 (for brevity the ‘BNSS’) by the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 & 2, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.4579 of 2025 on the file of the learned Special Mobile Magistrate Court, Guntur.

2. The allegation against the Petitioners is that, on 11.05.2021 at about 19:00 hours, while the Sub Inspector of Police, Nallapadu Police Station, along with his staff, was enga‑ged in enforcing the curfew orders promulgated by the Government to contain the spread of the COVID 19 pandemic, the accused persons, namely, Chilaka Srikanth and Duggi Da‑su @ Prabhudas, were found travelling in a car bearing registration No.AP 07 EB 7929 without any lawful pass or authorization, and upon being lawfully intercepted, they not only disobeyed the prohib

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