APHC010098582026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1528/2026 Between:

1. BANDARU SRINIVASA RAO, S/O GURUMURTHY,AGE 39 YEARS, OCC MANAGING PARTNER OFM/S.LAKSHMI GANAPATHI MODERN RICE MILL,LAGISETTIPALEM V, SUBBAVARAM M,VISAKHAPATNAM DIST.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, rep. by its Public ProsecutorHigh Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravahi.

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

1. M M M SRINIVASA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

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 ‘the Cr.P.C.,’)/Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) seeking to quash the proceedings against the Petitioner/Accused No.1 in C.C.No.971 of

2023 on the file of the learned XII Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Anakapalli, Anakapalli District registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 7(1)(a)(ii)