The High Court dismissed a Criminal Petition seeking quashing of FIR No. 181 of 2024 as infructuous after petitioner's counsel submitted the cause no longer survived for adjudication, a position not disputed by the prosecution. Pending interlocutory applications were closed.
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APHC010580482024
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
FRIDAY, THE 18th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9370 OF 2024
Between:
...Petitioner
AND
...Respondents
Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash the FIR No. 181 of 2024 registered at Gudur Rural Police Station, Gudur Mandal, Nellore District, (Presently Tirupathi District), as the same is frivolous, malicious, and an abuse of the process of law
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IA NO: 1 OF 2024
Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to dispense with certified copy of FIR No. 181 of 2024 of Gudur Rural Police Station, Nellore District before this Hon’ble Court and pass such
IA NO: 2 OF 2024
Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the 1st respondent/police from taking any coercive action against the petitioner/Accused in connection with FIR No. 181 of 2024 of Gudur Rural Police Station, Nellore District (Presently Tirupathi District) and pending disposal of this quash petition, and to pass
Counsel for the Petitioner: N RAVI PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents: KAMBHAMPATI RAMESH BABU Counsel for the Respondents: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9370 of 2024
The Court made the following Order:
Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned
counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause in the present
Criminal Petition does not survive for further adjudication.
submission made by learned counsel for the petitioner.
Interlocutory applications, if any, pending shall stand
closed.
____________________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM
Date: 18.09.2026 PSA
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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9370 of 2024
Date: 18.09.2026
PSA
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the Criminal Petition seeking quashing of FIR No. 181 of 2024 survives for adjudication
2 provisions across 2 enactments
INAKURTI SUBBAIAH
MAMILLAPALLI TIRUPATI NAIDU
STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM
As recorded by the court registry
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