Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 528 Bharatiya Nagarik
Suraksha Sanhita Act, 2023 (for brevity the ‘BNSS’) by the
Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 & 2, seeking to quash the proceedings against
them in C.C.No.4579 of 2025 on the file of the learned Special Mobile
Magistrate Court, Guntur.
2. The allegation against the Petitioners is that, on 11.05.2021 at about
19:00 hours, while the Sub‑Inspector of Police, Nallapadu Police Station,
along with his staff, was engaged in enforcing the curfew orders promulgated
by the Government to contain the spread of the COVID‑19 pandemic, the
accused persons, namely, Chilaka Srikanth and Duggi Dasu @ Prabhudas,
were found travelling in a car bearing registration No.AP 07 EB 7929 without
any lawful pass or authorization, and upon being lawfully intercepted, they not
only disobeyed the prohibitory orders but also abused the police officials in
vulgar language, threatened them with dire consequences, invoked political
influence, and physically obstructed them from discharging their legitimate
duties, thereby committing acts amounting to criminal intimidation, obstruction
of public servants, violation of epidemic control measures, and disobedience
of lawful orders. Their conduct, as recorded in the police proceedings, is
alleged to constitute offences punishable under Sections 353, 188, 269, 270,
271 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity ‘the
I.P.C.,’) and Section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, and Section
51(1)(b) of the National Disaster Management Act, 2005.