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2026 Supreme(Online)(AP) 7234

HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J
GOGU SHANMUKHA GOWRINADH – Appellant
Versus
THE STATE OF AP – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: VENKATADURGA RAO ANANTHA
For the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

Table of Content
1. allegations include black market activities of essential medicines. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. defense challenges validity of prosecution and allegations. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7)
3. serious deficiencies in prosecution case; legal exclusions apply. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30)
4. court quashed the proceedings against the accused. (Para 31 , 32)

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 to 3, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.2695 of 2023 on the file of the learned Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada.

2. The allegations levelled against the Petitioners are that during the height of the Covid 19 pandemic, when the nation was under lockdown and the populace was‑in dire need of life saving medicines, they conspired together with other associates to div‑ert and black market Remdesivir injections. The prosecution case asserts that the Petitio‑ners, being in close association with one another and connected to the pharmaceutical trade, procured vials of Remdesivi

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