CRLP/6904/2019 of Kopuri Kantha Rao, Vs The State of Andhra Pradesh,

1 APHC010379692019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3333] (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6904/2019 Between: Kopuri Kantha Rao, and others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. RAJA REDDY KONETI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: 2 ORDER This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 3 seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.349 of 2019, dated 24.09.2019 on the file of Gannavaram Police Station, Vijayawada City, Krishna District registered for the offences punishable under Sections 270, 273, 328 of IPC and Sections 5, 22 of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 (for short, ‘COTP Act’). 2. The brief facts of the FIR are that on 24.09.2019, at about 2.00 p.m., on receipt of credible information regarding banned gutkha and khaini products, the Station House Officer, Gannavaram Police Station, along with mediators, proceeded to Varun Benz showroom, besi