The petitioners, Boddepalli Eswara Rao and his wife Dr. Boddepalli Mahathi, sought quashing of criminal proceedings in C.C. No. 43 of 2022 before the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Rajam, arising from a complaint by the wife's brother (respondent No. 2) alleging crop damage and criminal trespass on disputed land. The FIR (Crime No. 173 of 2021) was registered under Sections 447 and 427 read with Section 34 IPC, but the court found that the complaint and investigation material contained only a general allegation that unknown persons caused the damage, with no specific facts identifying the petitioners' participation in the alleged occurrence. The Andhra Pradesh High Court, applying the principles laid down by the Supreme Court in State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal (1992), held that even taking the allegations at face value, they did not disclose the essential ingredients of criminal trespass under Section 441 IPC or mischief under Section 425 IPC against the petitioners. Accordingly, the court exercised its inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C. and quashed the proceedings.