APHC010198272026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH ATAMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

WEDNESDAY,THE FIFTEENTH DAY OFAPRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos: 3072, 3073 & 3083 of 2026 Crl.P.No.3072 of 2026 Between:

1.PUSHPAM APPALA NAIDU, D/O. APPALA NAIDU AGED 62 YEARS, MANAGING DIRECTOR, M/S. QUEST NET ENTERPRISES INDIA PVT. LTD. NO.7 RAIN TREE PALACE, 9TH FLOOR, MC NICHOLS ROAD CHET PET, CHENNAI-31, TAMIL NADU.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. through Deputy Superintendent of Police CID, RO, Nellore.

...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1.K VADITYACHOWDARY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR Crl.P.No.3073 of 2026 Between:

1.AUGUSTINE JOSEPH @ AUGUSTINE, S/O. JOSEPH, 45 YEARS.

DIRECTOR, M/S. QUEST NET ENTERPRISES INDIA PVT. LTD., 91 BLOCK, 4TH MAIN ROAD, ANNA NAGAR, CHENNAI, R/O. D.NO. 33, HALLS ROAD EGMORE, CHENNAI AND NO.7, BAKIYATHOMMAN NAGAR, MAGAPPAIAN, CHENNAI.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. through Deputy Superintendent of Police CID, RO, Nellore.

...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1.K VADITYACHOWDARY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR Crl.P.No.3083 of 2026 Between:

1.R KAMAKSHI RANGANATHAN, W/O.RAVI MANI, D/O.RANGANATHAN, AGED 56 YEARS, R/O.NO.58/2, 1ST MAIN ROAD, BESANT NAGAR, CHENNA-600090, PRESENTLY RESIDING AT H.NO.110/3, 7THAVENUE, BESANT NAGAR, CHENNAI-600090 ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, through Deputy superintendent of Police, CID, RO, Nellore, rep.by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature ofAmaravathi ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1.HABIBULLA SHAIK Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:

COMMON ORDER:

These three Criminal Petitions, though instituted separately by different accused persons, arise from a common substratum of facts, assail orders passed in analogous proceedings, and raise identical questions of law pertaining to the jurisdiction and conduct of the learned Trial Court in implementing appellate bail orders. Inasmuch as the facts and circumstances governing these three matters are substantially similar and the legal issues raised are common, this Court has deemed it expedient and appropriate to hear and dispose of all three petitions by way of this common order.

2. Criminal Petition No.3072 of 2026 has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Act, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) by the Petitioner/Accused No.2, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crl.M.P.No.444 of 2026 in C.C.No.11 of 2022 on the file of the learned Principal Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge under A.P.P.D.F.E.Act, Nellore.

3. Criminal Petition No.3073 of 2026 has been filed under Section 528 of ‘the BNSS’ by the Petitioner/Accused No.4, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crl.M.P.No.443 of 2026 in C.C.No.5 of 2017 on the file of the learned Principal Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge under A.P.P.D.F.E.Act, Nellore.

4. Criminal Petition No.3083 of 2026 has been filed under Section 528 of ‘the BNSS’ by the Petitioner/Accused No.6, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crl.M.P.No.442 of 2026 in C.C.No.5 of 2017 on the file of the learned Principal Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge under A.P.P.D.F.E.Act, Nellore.

5. Sri K.S. Murthy, learned Senior Counsel, appearing on behalf of Sri K.V. Aditya Chowdary, learned Counsel on record, represented the Petitioners in Crl.P.Nos.3072 and 3073 of 2026. Sri Habibulla Shaik, learned Counsel, appeared and advanced arguments on behalf of the Petitioner in Crl.P.No.3083 of 2026. This Court has heard the learned counsel at length and has carefully considered the submissions ad