APHC010077832026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH ATAMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY,THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1222/2026 Between:

1.GOGU SHANMUKHA GOWRINADH, S/O LAKSHMANA RAO, AGED

33 YEARS,R/O D.NO. 5-6-59/39-6A-1, RAJIV SARMA NAGAR,VIJAYAWADA.

2.ABDUL MOOSA, S/O SALAM, AGED 37 YEARSR/O D.NO.8-17-

71,ISLAM STREET, VIJAYAWADA.

3.CHALAPAKA KIRAN, S/O SRINIVASA RAO, AGED 29 YEARS,R/O D.NO. 24-13-4A, NETHAJI ROAD,MADHURA NAGAR, VIJAYAWADA.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S)

AND

1.THE STATE OF AP, Sub Inspector of PoliceI Town P.S., Vijayawada,Rep by Public Prosecutor,High Court ofAP.,Amaravati ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S):

1.VENKATADURGA RAO ANANTHA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:

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