IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE CHALLA GUNARANJAN CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5602 OF 2025 Between: Guggili Leela Mohan Krishna, S/o. Late Ramulu, Aged 40 Years, Occ: Private Employee, R/o. D. No. 2-105, Bheemunipatnam, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. ...Petitioner/Accused No.1 AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh, rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...Respondent / Complainant Petition under Section 438 of Cr.P.C / Section 482 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant anticipatory Bail to the petitioner by directing the Station House Officer, Rampachodavaram Police Station Alluri Seetaramaraju District, to release the petitioner/Accused No. 1 on bail in the event of their arrest in connection with Crime No.32/2025 of Rampachodavaram Police Station, Alluri Seetaramaraju District. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Ramakrishna Akurathi, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor (AP) on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following: 1 (CGR,J Crl.P.No.5602 of 2025) APHC010274222025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3506] THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE CHALLA GUNARANJAN CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5602/2025 Between: ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED Guggili Leela Mohan Krishna AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. RAMAKRISHNA AKURATHI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER:- The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 438 of the Cr.P.C, (Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) by the petitioner/Accused No.1 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.32 of 2025 of Rampachodavaram Police Station, Alluri Sitharama Raju District, registered for the offences punishable under Section 420 IPC. 2 (CGR,J Crl.P.No.5602 of 2025) It is alleged in the complaint that the petitioner promised employment upon payment of certain amounts and had collected money from various individuals. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/State. Perused the record. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the police harassed the petitioner to repay the money to the unknown persons. In this context, the petitioner and others filed W.P.No.8032 of 2025, asserting that the police harassed the petitioners to repay the alleged amounts to unidentified parties. This Court, vide order dated 28.03.2025, disposed of the writ petition with a direction to the police not to disturb the peace of the petitioner without following the due process of law. However, it is submitted that, on the very same day, the police, Rampachodavaram Police Station, registered a case in Crime No.32 of 2025 against the petitioner. 4. The learned counsel further submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the said case, despite never having received any money from third parties and seeks a direction to the police to follow the procedure provided under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 5. 6. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the Station House Officer, Rampachodavaram Police Station, Alluri Seetaramaraju District, is directed to follow the procedure as 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^ (2014) 8 see 273 3 (CGR,J Crl.P.No.5602 of 2025) insofar as the petitioner herein is concerned, for the purpose of investigation in connection with Crime No.32 of 2025. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, in the Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. 7. SD/-K.RAJA BABU ASSISTANT REGISTRAR r ^ //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, The Court of Judge, Family Court cum IX Additional District and Sessions Judge at Rajamahendravaram, East Godavari District 1. 2. The Station House Officer, Rampachodavaram Police Station, Alluri Sitharamaraju District. 3. One CC to Sri. Ramakrishna Akurathi, Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CC's to The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati [OUT] 5. Three CD Copies SGM VACATION COURT HIGH COURT DATED: 22/05/2025 ORDER 2 6 may 2025 S Current aecuon , CRLP.No.5602 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE CRLP