APHC010597482025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY,THE FOURTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11917/2025 Between:

1. A NANTHA CHANDRA REDDY, S/O. LATE A. VENKATA REDDY,AGED

55 YEARS, D.NO. 7-370,COURT ROAD, ANANTAPUR-515001.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1. T HE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH STATION HOUSE OFFICER,ANANTAPUR III TOWN POLICE STATION,ANANTAPUR DISTRICT.REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH,AT AMARAVATHI.

2. T HE ASST RETURNING OFFICER, 153 -ANANTAPURAMU URBAN AC TAHSILDAR, ANANTAPURAMU ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1. P MADHUKAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S):

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 Petitioner/Accused No.2, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.C.No.485 of 2024 on the file of the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate (Special Mobile Court), Ananthapuramu.

2. The case of the prosecution is that du