ORDER

Criminal Petition No.987 of 2020 has been filed challenging the chargesheet filed in C.C.No.949 of 2021 on the file of the learned I Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 143, 188, 353, 341 read with 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, [the I.P.C] and Section 32 of the Police Act, 1861, [the Act] in Crime No.08/2020 of Suryaraopet Polic Station, Vijayawada City.

2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor.

3. Thoughtful consideration is bestowed on the arguments advanced by the learned Counsel for both sides. I have perused the entire record.

4. In the light of the case of the prosecution and the contentions of the learned Counsel for both the sides, now the point for consideration is:

“Whether the proceedings in C.C.No.949/2021 on the file of the learned I Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada are liable to be quashed in exercise of the inherent powers of the High Court under Section 482 of ‘the Cr.P.C.,’/Section 528 of ‘the BNSS’?"

5. It is not out of place to mention that a petition was filed vide Crl.M.P.No.394/2025 in C.C.No.949/2021 on the file of the learned I