Maruthi Ramesh v. the State of Andhra Pradesh
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: quash charge-sheet; Section 482 CrPC; Section 528 BNSS; criminal petition dismissed as infructuous; acquittal of accused during pendency of quashing petition; transfer and renumbering of C.C. No.321/2023 as Calendar Case No.87 of 2024; Crime No.83/2022 Gannavaram Police Station; IPC 341, 323, 506 read with 34; XII Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Gannavaram; APHC Amaravati Special Original Jurisdiction; Justice K. Sreenivasa Reddy; N Nanda Kishore for accused. Caveat for researchers: single-judge short order; underlying disposal/acquittal known only through counsel's submission recorded by the Court; no holding on the propriety of the charge-sheet and no case citations.
What did the court decide?
Recording learned counsel's submission that the underlying Calendar Case No.321 of 2023 (transferred and renumbered as Calendar Case No.87 of 2024) had been disposed of with acquittal of A1 to A5, the Court held the cause in the Criminal Petition did not survive adjudication and dismissed the Criminal Petition as infructuous.