t IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE m PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2806 OF 2025 Between: Chimakurthi Srikanth, S/o. Seshu Babu, Hindu, Male, Aged 37 years, R/o.D.No 1-14, Rice Peta, Near Petrol Bunk, Charla, Khammam District, Telangana State - 507133, Aadhaar No 4128 8402 9910 ...Petitioner/Proposed Accused AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Anti Corruption Bureau, CIU P.S Vijayawada, N.T.R District Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Amaravathi. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 438 of Cr.P.C 1973, and 482 of BNSS 2023, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioners on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest in connection with the FIR/Cr.No.05/RCA-CIU-ACB/2023 of ACB Police, Vijayawada. To the satisfaction Judge for SPE & ACB at Vijayawada, in the jurisdiction. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri B.V. Krishna Reddy, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following: I THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petition No.2806 of 2025 Order: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed on behalf of the petitioner herein, to grant anticipatory bail, in connection with Crime No.05/RCA-CIU-ACB/2023 of Anti Corruption Bureau Station, CIU, AP, Vijayawada, NTR district, registered for the offence punishable under Section 13(2) read with 13(1)(b) of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the accused officer namely Lala Bala Naga Dharma Singh, working as Sub-Registrar, Ibrahimpatnam, NTR District, indulged in corrupt and illegal practices and acquired assets on his name and on the name of his family members and others, which are disproportionate to the known sources of his income. Heard. Perused the record. The present case has been registered against the accused officer namely Lala Bala Naga Dharma Singh for the offence punishable under Section 13(2) read with 13(1)(b) of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018. 2. 3. 4. Learned I 2 counsel for the petitioner herein submits that to arrest the petitioner herein by implicating him the police are trying in the present crime at any point of time. On the other hand, learned Public Prosecutor submitted that till today herein has not been shown Additional name of the petitioner as accused in the aforesaid crime, hence the question of granting anticipatory bail does not arise. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case this Court is not inclined to entertain the bail 5. application. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous pending in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. petitions, if any. Sd/- K. TATA RAO DEPUTY REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To. 1. The Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases: Vijayawada, Krishna District. 2. The Station House Officer, Vijayawada ACB Police Station, Krishna District. 3. One CC to Sri B.V.Krishna Reddy, Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CC's to The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati [OUT] 5. Three CD Copies. SAM I HIGH COURT SAM DATED:01/04/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.2806 of 2025 S 07 APR 2025 ) Current Section . ^ DISMISSING THE CRLP