APHC010218482026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

THURSDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3325/2026 Between:

1. M EKAPATI RAJAMOHAN REDDY, S/O VENKU REDDY, AGED 81 YEARS,R/O 8-2-293/82/A/963, ROAD NO. 48, JUBILEE HILLS, SHAIK PET, HYDERABAD,TELANGANA - 500 033.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1. T HE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH,AT AMARAVATI.

2. S MANOHARA RAJU, MPDO, MPDO OFFICE,MARRIPADU MANDAL,SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT,NELLORE.

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

1. V VINOD K 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/Sole Accused, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in STC.No.15 of 2026 on the file of the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate, Udayagiri, SPSR Nellore District.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the De-facto Complainant/LW1 lodged a complai