CRLP/5009/2024 of KANCHARLA KRISHNA PRASAD Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010307932024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3457] (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5009/2024 Between: Kancharla Krishna Prasad ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. HARINADH NIDAMANURI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is arraigned as accused in C.C. No. 438 of 2023 on the file of the II Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. It is submitted that, based on the complaint filed by the 2nd respondent, the police have registered Crime No. 271 of 2022 for the alleged offence under Section 506 of the IPC. 2 2. It is submitted that the 2nd respondent is a reporter with Swathantra News Channel and the 2nd respondent reported the child rights abuse incident. It is alleged that the 2nd respondent called the petitioner and abused him over the phone for telecasting the