THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.14912 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner/accused No.2 seeking to call for the records and to quash the FIR.No.54 of 2025 on the file of the Madanapur Police Station, Wanaparthy District, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 316(2), 316(5), 318(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) and Section 7 of Essential Commodities Act, 1955.

2. Heard Sri L. Bhargava Krishna, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the respondent-State.

3. Without going into the merits of the case, since the punishment prescribed for the offences under Sections 316(2) and 318(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, alleged against the petitioner, is less than seven (07) years, except for the offence punishable under Section 316(5) of the BNS. It is noted from the record that accused No.1 was earlier granted relief vide Crl.P.No.4635 of 2025, w