CRLP/6355/2024 of Mangalapdu Swami, Vs The State of State of Andhra Pradesh.

APHC010396162024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3457] (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6355/2024 Between: Mangalapdu Swami, and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. DEVADASS BALANTHA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 2. This Criminal Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in C.C. No. 2019/2022 pending against the petitioners/accused Nos. 1 to 3 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Nandigama, NTR District, for the alleged offences under Section 6(B) r/w Section 24(1) of the COTPA Act, 2003. 2 3. However, both learned counsels submit that similar matters have already been allowed by the learned Single Judges of this Court in Crl.P. No. 5421 of 2019 and batch, vide common order dated 18.12.2019, and Crl.P. No. 2966 of 2021 and batch, vide common order dated 2