} IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4785 of 2025 Between: 1. Lakshmisetti Ravi Kumar, S/p. Sriramglu, Aged about 45 years, Occ: Business, R/0.25-17-343/A/4, Srinvasarao Thota, District. 2. Kandlagunta Markandeyulu, S/o. Rambabu, Aged about 44 years, Ope: Business, R/o. 4-58, Etukuru Village. Guntur, Guntur District. (His was mentioned as Tannenru Markandeyulu, S/o. Rama Rao in FIR) ...Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 & 2 Guntur, Guntur name AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through Station House Officer, Durgi Police Station, Palnadu District. Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP, at Amaravathi. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 462 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant bail to the petitioners in the event of their arrest pursuant to Fir No. 19/2025 on t\\e file of the Durgi Police Station, Palnadu District. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Nageswara Rao Chava, Advocate for the Petitioners and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following; APHC010224912025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4785/2025 [3369] Between: Lakshmisetti Ravi Kumar, and Others AND ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. NAG ES WARA RAO CHAVA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order:- This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of B.N.S.S., is filed by the petitioners herein/A1 and A2 seeking to grant anticipatory bail in Crime No. 19 of 2025 of Durgi Police Station, Palnadu District, registered for the offence punishable under Section 318(4) read with 3(5) of the BNS. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the offence alleged is punishable with imprisonment up to seven years and prays this Court to direct the police to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor did not oppose the same and concurred with the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioners for the reason that the offence alleged is punishable with imprisonment up to seven years and undertakes to issue notice under Section 35(3) of the BNSS. 2. 3. iF/ 4 2 4. Heard. Perused the material on record. 5. Since the offence alleged is punishable with imprisonment up to seven years, this Court directs the police to follow the procedure contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, scrupulously, as per the guidelines enunciated in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar and another^ The petitioners shall comply with the conditions, without any default. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. as 6. SD/- SHAIK MOHD. RAFI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// 1^" SECTION OFFICER 1. The Station House Officer, Durgi Police Station, Palnadu District. 2. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh Amaravathi [OUT] 3. One CC to Sri Nageswara Rao Chava, Advocate [OPUC] 4. Three CD Copies To TK AL HIGH COURT DATED:08/05/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.4785 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION