IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI FRIDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2832 OF 2025 Between: Manchala Sathibabu, S/o.Nanraju, aged about 39 years, Business R/o.Vaddadi Grammam & Post, Bhuchipeta Mandalam Visakahapatanam District. AP-531026. Aadhaar No.8687 3567 4708. ...PETITIONER AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by SHO, Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam Cornmissionerate, Through Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT Petition filed under Section 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 Petitioner on Anticipatory Bail in the event of his arrest in connection with FIR No.4 of 2025 dated 06-01-2025 on the file of Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam Cornmissionerate during pendency of enquiry. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri N V Mohana Rao, Advocate for Petitioner and the Assistant Public Prosecutor behalf of Respondent on The Court made the following ORDER : HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petition No.2832 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.4 of 2025 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 111(2), 319(2), 318(4) read with 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha, 2023, Sections 66-C and 66-D of the Information Technology Act 2000-2008 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Andhra Pradesh Gaming Act, 1974. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 06.01.2025, at about 08.30 pm, on receipt of credible information about cricket betting, the Inspector of Police, Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, along with his staff and mediators, reached Flat No.610, Gayatri Towers, 0pp. Water tank and pump house, back side of Polamamba Temple, Doctors Colony, Pedawaltair, Visakhapatnam and found A3 with a Laptop and two mobile phones. On enquiry, A3 disclosed his identity ‘S VI 4^ 2 particulars and police seized the said Laptop and two mobile phones, and he disclosed that he used to do cricket betting offline and online by collecting money either online or by way of cash. Police arrested him and got remanded him to judicial custody. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that though the name of the petitioner herein is not shown as accused in the FIR, the police are trying to implicate him in the present crime, hence the petitioner apprehends his arrest at any point of time. On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submitted that as the petitioner is not shown as accused in the present crime, question of granting anticipatory bail does not 4. arise. 5. Heard. Perused the record. 6. As the petitioner is not arraigned as accused in the present crime, the question of granting anticipatory bail to him does not arise. Hence, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to him.- 3 However, since the petitioner apprehends that he may be 7. implicated in the present crime and he may be arrested at any point of time, this Court directs the respondent-police to issue 48 hours’ prior notice to the petitioner herein before taking any coercive action against him in the crime vide FIR No.4 of 2025 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate. With the above direction, the Criminal Petition is disposed 8. of. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any pending in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. SD/- SK.MOHAMMED RAFI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Station House Officer, Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commisionerate, Visakhaptnam District. 2. The Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam. 3. One CC to Sri N V Mohana Rao Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CC's to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati [OUT] 5. THREE CD COPIES BSV TAC HIGH COURT DATED:28/03/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.2832 of 2025 5fANDH^ S-"' r OMfRW Current Section DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION