APHC010586862024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9478/2024 Between:

Shaik Baji and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S)

AND The State Of Ap and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S)

Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S):

1. BILAAL AHMED SYED Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S):

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:

ORDER

The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity “Cr.P.C.”) / Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity “BNSS”), seeking to quash the proceedings against the Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 and 3 in C.C. No.78 of 2020 on the file of the learned I Additional Junior Civil Judge, Narasaraopet, Guntur District, registered for the alleged offence punishable under Section

498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity “IPC”).

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, learned legal aid counsel for the 2^nd respondent and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record.

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