/? IN THE HIGH COURT bF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAIRA THURSDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF TWO THOUSAN`D AND TWENTY FIVE : I :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINAI CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5685 OF 2025 Betwee n : I 3457] 1. L. Hanumantha Gowda,.S/o P.L Hanumantharayappa, Aged 39 years, R/o. D.No 6-28 Pathikunta Village, Madakasira Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District, A.P 2. L.H Nagabhushana, s/o p.L Hanumantharayappa, Aged 36 years, R/o. D.No 6-28, Pathikunta vI'llage, Madakasira MandaI, Sri Sathya Sai District, A.P. PETITIONER/ACCUSED No.2&3 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Madakasl'ra Urban Police StatI'On, Sa{hya Sai Distrl-ct, Rep by its public prosecutor, High Court ofAndhra Pradesh, At Amaravathi. RESPONDENT/ COMPLAINANT Petition under sections 482 of BNSS (old 438 of Cr.P.C), praying that in the circumstances stated in the affI®daVit filed I-n Support Of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to issue a direction to the Respondent police that in the event of arrest of the petitioners/Accused No.2&3 they shall be released on bail in Crime No.45/2025 on the file of the Madakasira urban poll-ce station, sathya sai District, by granting Anticipatory Bail to the Petitioners/Accus ed No.2 &3. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusI-ng the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of sri KASHAPOGU SURESH, Advocate for the petitioners and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the court made the following; t -- | .r4 i a-`, ,- -_ _ * 7` i,. ripLICO10275712025 ` lN THE HIGH CAPTUAFIAPRFAAvNADTTRA PRADESH [3457] (special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N _ ___ -^^EIt\t\t\L= CRIMINAL Between : L Hanumantha Gowda and Others The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT \ I |\+ \-|\l^\- _ ` ` `----_ _ counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S)I. 1. KASHAPOGU SURESH counsel for the Respondent/COmPlainant 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the fO[[OWing: ORDER-- This Criminal petition, u/sec.482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik suraksha sanhita, 2023, has been flled by the PetitIOnerS/A2 and A3, seeking anticipatory ball, ln Crlme No 45/2025 of MadakaS[ra Police station, sri sathya Sat District. 2, A case has been reglStered agalnSt the PetltlOnerS for the offence punishable u/see.108 r/W 3(5) of B.N.S- 3' Heard learn€l,'d COunSel for the PetltlOnerS and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the reSPOndenVState. 4 Caseofthe PrOSeCutlOn" brlef, lSthat, PrIOrtO 13 32O25,Al to A3 used tO quarrel With N.Nagamanl Statlng that She Performed witchcraft and evil deeds on one Rathnamma Who iS Wife Of A1, due tO /_` ` -, _`````c`+I ` -I -+ -|-`>+'rs-tt`-. -` •` which her ill health is not cured. For that Al to A3 quarreled with the ( I deceased every day, saying that if Rathnamma'is not cured, they will see her end and they will do the same to her and also stated to dI-e and abated to commit suicide. Due to unbearable harassment and abatement caused by the accused, the deceased herself commI-tied suicide by hangI'ng, On 14.3.2025, to a tree I-n the fields. Basing on the report Of the husband of the deceased, the crime was registered and investigated into. 5. Heard learned counsel for the petI-tjOnerS and learned Assistant Public prosecutor. perused the record. I I 6. Learned counsel for the petI-tiOnerS Submit that Al in this crime was granted bail by the learned ll Additional DistrI'Ct and Sessions Judge, Hindupur. The petitioners are staying in Bangalore and are completely unconnected with the comml-ssjon of the alleged offence and prays to grant anticipatory bal-I to the petitl-oners. 7. A perusal of the material available on record goes to showthat the crime was registered on 14.3.2025. By thI-S time most of the investigation might have been completed. Learned counsel for the petitI-Oners submitted-that the petitioners are staying I'n Bangalore. I consI-dering the sal'd fact, this court is incII|ned tO grant antI'CiPatOry ba" to the petitioners. r-_-.+_ -_ \ ``- EB- 3 J. 8. Accordingly, the petitioners are directed to surrender before the station House Offic;ir, Madakasira Police station within a period of two I (o2) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy 6f the order and on their surrender, the petitioners shall be released on bail on their execut'lng a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only) each with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the arresting police officials and the petitioners shall make themselves available for investigation as and when required and they shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses. 9. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. Art SD/- M.SRINJVAS I--_ _ ASSlsTANT SECTIO G\IS TEAR //TRUE COPY// FoL,---- To, 1. The ll Additional District & Sessions Judge, Hindupur 2. The Station House Officer, Madakasira Urban Police Station, Sathya Sai District 3. One CC to SRl. KASHAPOGU SURESH Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP [OUT] 5. One spare COPY KJ / I ---,=S B- JJ HIGH COURT HN,J DATED : 29/05/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.5685 of 2025 ALLOWED