APHC010167662026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2488/2026 Between:

1. M R BIDDAPPA PONNAPPA BITTIANDA, AGE-57 YEARS,S/O.

PONNAPPA MUTHANNA BITTIANDA, OCCUPIER,M/S. HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED,DOWLESWARAM, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT.

2. M R M V ANIL KUMAR, AGE- 50 YEARS,S/O. VENKATESHA MURTHY, MANAGER,M/S. HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED,DOWLESWARAM, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S)

AND

1. T HE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Represented by Inspector of Factories,Rajamahendravaram.Rep. by the Public Prosecutor,High Court, Amaravati.

...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S):

1. M SIVA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:

ORDER:

The Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, “BNSS”) by the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C. No.150 of 2025 on the file of the learned III Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Raja