EI I IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAV THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF MAY, Z#<'t9`T TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE CHALLA GUNARANJAN _,E cRIfVI[NAL PETITION NO: 5597 OF 2025 'r# Betwee n : S. Swaroop, S/o.S.Surya Kumar, Aged 36 years, Occ Software Employee, R/o.D.No.3-564 /1, Gandla Street, Greamspet, Chittoor Town, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh. u.Petitioner/Accused No.2 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. ...Respondent Petition under Section 482.of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (438 of Cr.P.C), praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.2 on Anticipatory Bail in the event of his arrest in crime in FIR.No.206 of 2024 on the file of Bangarupalem UPS, Chittoor District. Counsel forthe Petitioner : Sri P Durga Prasad Counsel for the Respondent : Sri Panini Somayaji, Assistant Public Prosecutor. The Court made the following ORDER: / E=EI / / (CGR,J Crl.P.No.5597 of 2025) APHCO10273982025 I, lN 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: 5597/2025 Between : S. Swaroop .UPETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. P DURGA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER:- i The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 438 of the Cr.P.C, and Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity lthe BNSS') by the petitioner/Accused No.2 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with crime No.206 of 2024 of Bangarupalem Urban Police Station, Chittoor District, registered for the offence punishable under Section 420 IPC. l\ ` _EiZ `¢, \ _~ 2 (CGR,J crl.p.No.5597 of2025) 2. Facts, in brief, of the case are that pursuant to the complaint lodged by the defacto complainant dated 07.10.2024, alleging that Accused No.1 has looted an amount of Rs.1,50,000/-on the pretext of securing job at Rekonsys software company, has taken him to Bangalore, wherein she got introduced the defacto complainant to the accused No.2 herein stating that he is working as HR of the,said company. However, without securing such job, having acquired money from the defacto complainant, the accused Nos.1 to 3 have cheated the defacto complainant and also sI-milarly Situated Other Persons Who are in Search of job. 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 4. Sri.P.Durga Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner subml'ts that the offence alleged against the petitioner is punishable with imprisonment of less than 7 years and that the petitioner is entitled for notice under Section 35(3) of BNSS. Moreover, this Court vide order dated 27.01.2025 in Crl.P.No.418 of 2025 granted regular bail to Al and A3 in the present crime and hence, he prays this Court to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner herein/A2. 5. Per cor7fra, Sri. Pant-ni Somayaji, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, does not dispute the factum of granting regular bail to Al and A3 and submits that major portion of the investigation is completed `by examining 9 witnesses. _i /I sEi 3 (CGR,J Crl-P.No.5597 of2025) 6. A perusal of the material on record goes to showthat except for the fact that the petitioner herein/A2 met the de facto complainant at the Bangalore office, there I-S nO Other material available to show that any amount was directly passed to him. ln the said facts of the case and considering the fact that Al and A3 in the present crime were already granted regular bail by this court arid maJ-Or POrtI-On Of the investigatI-On iS completed, this Court I-S inCll'ned to consider the request of petitioner for grant of anticI-PatOry bail. 7. Accordingly, thI-S Criminal Petition ,-s allowed with the following dI-reCtI'OnS: a)ln the event of arrest of the petitioner, the petitioner shall be enlarged on bail on his executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.1O,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only), with two sLlretieS each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the arresting police officials; b) The petitioner shall make himself available for investigation as and when required; c) The petitioner shall not caLJSe any threat, inducement or Promise tO the prosecution witnesses; d) The petitioner shall appear before the station House officer concerned once in a week i.e., on every sunday ~ / 4 (CGR,J crl.p.No.5597 of2025) between 10.00-'a.m. and 05.00 p.m., till filing of the charge sheet. e) The petitioner shall not leave the district limits Without the express permission from the Station House Officer concerned. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous Petitions, if any, Shall stand closed. SD/-K.J- ASSISTAN //TRUE COPY// SE AJA BABU lSTRAR lON OFFICER Toll The Stat'lon House Offlcer, BangaruPalem Urban PolICe Station, ChlttoOr , District. J, , 2. One CC to Sri P Durga Prasad Advocate [OPUC] 3 Two CCs to Pub[IC Prosecutor (AP) Hlgh Court Of Andhra PradeSh [OUTr 4. One spare COPY CVSS HIGH COURT CGR,J DATED :22/05/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.NoI5597 of 2025 ALLOWED