. I aly5r IN THE HIGH COURTOF ANDHRA .PRADESH AT AMgrA THURSDAY, THE THIRD Bffy oF APRIL -=f`3gjE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE ofrf :PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3356 OF 2025 / Between: Ketha Narendra, s/o. Nagabhushanam, aged 33 years, R/o. 16-170, 4<chinnaguIIapalem, Kothapeta village and Mandal, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema DistrI'Ct, Andhra Pradesh. ...Petitioner/Accused No.4 AND The State of Andhra pradesh, Represented by its public Prosecutor, High JZcourf of Andhra pradesh, High Court Buildings at Nelapadu, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. Rayavaram Poll-Ce Station ...Respondent/Complainant petition under sections 480 & 483 of BNSS, praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of thet criml'naI Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant bail to the Petitioner/accused No. 4 I-n connection with crime No. 41/2025 of 2024 dated€ 02.03.2025 on the file of the Rayavaram police station, Dr.B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema Dl'strl'ct, Andhra Pradesh. The Petitl-on coml'ng~on +6r hearing, upon perusing the petitl'on and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing then arguments of SRI CHETAN PONNURU Advocate for the petl'tioner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent; [3369] PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3356/2025 Between : Ketha Narendra ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.CHETAN PONNURU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal Petition, u/See.480 & 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A4, seeking bail, in Crime No.41/2025 of Rayavaram Police Station, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Konaseema District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner and others for the offence punishable u/See.111(2), 318(4), 61(2) r/w 3(5) of B.N.S and Section 3 and 4 of A.P.Gaming Act. t=£-*,€ - `=-r\_ I \ 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner/A4 and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondenvstate. 4. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on o2.3.2025 at 5.00 pm, basing on the information about illegal cricket bettI'ng operation, Rayavaram, the s.I. of police Rayavaram police conducted search at House No.4-26, Vinayaka colony, someswaram village, Rayavaram Mandal and found Al and A2 doing cricket betting. Then police apprehended them and on their confession A3 to A6 were arrested at Rajanagaram and seized the property belongs to the cricket line box and cell phones and all of them were remanded to judicial custody on 04.3-2025. 5. Heard. perused the record. 6. Learned counsel forthe petitioner submits that the crime has been registered under sections 111(2), 318(4), 61(2) I/w 3(5) of B.N.S. He further contend that section 111(2) of B.N.S. has no application to the facts of the case. The remaining offences are punishable with imprisonment with seven years or less than seven years. 7. Learned Assistant public prosecutor submits that invest,'gation in this case is at crucial stage and some more witnesses are to be examI-ned and prays to dismiss the criminal petition. 8. After careful observation of the material on record and submissions made on behalf of both sides, after reading of the provision of section ``- ¢`_ |-. _rdsZ5',, 111(2) Of B.N.S., this Court find force in the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner that it is not the prosecution case that offence alleged in this case has resulted in death of any person. At best Section 112(2) of B.N.S may apply to the facts of the case. The other offences charged are punishable with imprisonment for seven years or less than seven years. Since the accused has been in remand from 04.3.2025, this Court finds that most of the investigation pertaining to the role played by the petitioner in the commission of the offence would be completed. lt is submitted that the petitioner has permanent abode and there is no possibility of his fleeing away from justice. lt is brought to the notice of this Court that this Court granted stay of all further proceedings in so far as the petitioner/Al in this crime is concerned vide Crl.P.No.2483 of 2025 on 07.3.2025. Most of the witnesses are official witnesses and the release of the accused would not cause hampering of investigation and tampering of evidence. Considering the entire material on record, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner with some conditions. 8. [n the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: (i) The petitioner/A4 herein shall be released on his executing a personal bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial First class Magistrate, Anaparthi; 4 (li) on release, the petltI'Oner sha" appear before the stall-On House offl'cer concerned once l'n a week I'n between 10.00 a.m. and o1.00 p.m., for a perI'Od of three (o3) months. (if,I) the petI'tI'Oner sha" not tamper wl'th the ev,'dence and hamper the jnvestI-gatjon and sha" cooperate for l|nvest,'gatl'on. _ / `..-``,...-.---`` SD,-A. 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