>^ ,/,.p , IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT.I THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINAT CRIMINAL PETITION NO.- 5690 OF 2025 Between : uppu srinI'VaS, S/o Veerabhadram, Aged about 25 years, R/o D.No.5-49, Masidh Center, R/o Jaggampeta village and Mandal, East Godavari District. ... Petitioner/Accused AND state ofAndhra pradesh, Represented by its public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra pradesh at Amaravathi. Through, station House Officer, Jaggampeta P.S. East Godavarj District. u. Respondent/complainant petition under section 482 of BNSS praying that in the cI'rCumStanCeS stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant anticjpatory ba" to the petitioner herein in crime No. 56 of 2025 of Jaggampeta p.s., East Godavarj DI'StriC€ further direct the Judicial First CIass Magistrate, peddapuram, East Godavar!- District to enlarge the petitioner herein on bail I-n the event of his surrender ore arrest by the Respondent poll-Ce in Crime No.56 of 2025 of Jaggampeta p.s. in the interests of justice. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of grounds flled in support thereof and upon hearI'ng ther arguments of SRI CHANDRA SEKHAR ILAPAKURTI Advocate for the petjtl-oner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent, the court made the following lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5690/2025 Between : Uppu Srinivas [3457] ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh .,.RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.CHANDRA SEKHAR ILAPAKURTI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioner is arrayed as accused in Crime No.56 of 2025 at Jaggampeta Police Station, Kakinada District, . registered under Sections 69 B.N.S. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondenVState. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, the husband of the complainant expired within 14 months of their-marriage. Due to their conjugal life a baby was born to them. Since the death of the husband of the complainant, the accused who is her brothers friend used to came to her house frequently and developed friendship and it lead to coexistence in between them and enjoyed her physically on the rf a igr-rf> promise of marriage. When the complainan{ asked the petitioner to marry, he refused. Basing on the complaint of the complainant, the crime was registered and investigated into. 4. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submit that even as per the allegations in the complaint, the provisions under Section 69 of B.N.S cannot be made available. The defacto complainant and the petitioner were in consensual relationship for the last five years and the defacto comp]ai-rlant is six years elder to the petitioner. Police have recorded the statement of seven witnesses and nothing could be elicited to attract the provions under Section 69 B.N.S and prays to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. A perusal of the material available on record goes to show that the crime was registered on 12.3.2025. lt is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that seven witnesses were examined and there are no specific allegations against the accused. Considering the said fact, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, the petitioner/accused is directed to surrender before the Station House Officer, Jaggampeta Police Station, Kakinada District within a period of two (o2) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order and on his surrender, the petitioner shall be released on ba" on his executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand Only) With two Sureties for a like Sum each tO the satisfaction of the arresting police officials and the petitioner shall make himself available for investigation as and when required and he sha" not cause any threat] inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses. 8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition -lS allowed. SD/-U.S ASSISTA Fol //TRUE COPY// SECTl To'1. The Judicial First Class Mag-lstrate, Peddapuram, East Godavari District 2. The Station House Officer, Jaggampeta P.S. Kakinada District. 3. One CC to SRl. CHANDRA SEKHAR ILAPAKURTI Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 5. One spare copy PSR I HIGH COURT HN,J DATED..29/05/2025 ANTICIPATORY BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.5690 of 2025 ALLOWED