THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V. GOPALA KRISHNA RAO TRANSFER CRIMINAL PETITION No.44 of 2026

ORDER:

The petitioner filed the present petition under Section 447 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘the BNSS, 2023’), seeking to withdraw S.C.No.315 of 2018, on the file of the learned VII Additional District & Sessions Judge, SPSR Nellore District, and to transfer the same to the file of any other Additional District and Sessions Judge at Tirupati, Chittoor District, for trial and disposal.

2. Heard Sri P.Nagendra Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for respondent No.2, and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of respondent No.1.

3. Perused the record.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner would contend that originally S.C.No.315 of 2018, on the file of the learned VII Additional District & Sessions Judge, SPSR Nellore District, was posted for judgment on 13.03.2026, but the prosecution filed a petition on 12.03.2026 to reopen and recall the case, to mark the consumer application, which was already filed along with the charge sheet, as an exhibit, on hearing both sides that application was allowed by the learned Sessions Judge.

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