CRLP/7808/2022 of BALA NAGA DHARMA RAJA Vs THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER

APHC010521352022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3396] (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY ,THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7808 OF 2022 Between: Bala Naga Dharma Raja and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The Station House Officer and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. G L NAGESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: ORDER: The instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short, “Cr.P.C.”) has been filed by the Petitioners/ Accused Nos.1 and 2, seeking quashment of the proceedings pending against them in Crime No. 215 of 2022 of Dharmajigudem Police Station, West Godavari District. 2. Heard Sri G.L.Nageswar Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners and Ms. K. Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State has filed an Affidavit of the victim girl along with attested copy of X Class Certificate to show that the victim girl w