A IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE •ji-E X .c>. PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAI CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5793 OF 2025 Between: 1. Polisetty Anjaneya Tharun @ Polishetty Tarun Kumar, S/o P.Anjaneya Srinivasa Rao, Age 31 years, R/o D.No.5-8-11/3, Nagarjuna Nagar, Beside Chaitanya School, Sattenapalle, Palnadu District-522403. 2. Polisetty Anjaneya Srinivas Rao @ Polishetty Srinivas, S/o Krishna Murthi, Age 53 years, R/o D.No.19-11-67, Kotthapeta Bhavanarushi Nagar, Sattenapalle, Palnadu District-522403. Anjaneya2. 3. Polisetty Padmavati @ Polishetty Padmavati, W/o Anjaneya Srinivasa Rao, Age 52 years, R/o D.No.19-11-67, Kotthapeta Bhavanarushi Nagar, Sattenapalli, Palnadu District-522403. 4. Chandrapati Srinivasarao @Srinivasa Rao, S/o Chandrapati Sankara Jagannadharao, Age 56 years, R/o D.No.17-1-5, Kattamurivari Street, Opposite Geetha Mandir, Sattenapalle, Palnadu District-522403. 5. Chandrapati Venkata Dhanush Kumar @ Dhanush, S/o Chandrapati Srinivasarao Age 26 years, R/o D.No.7-1-5, Opp Geetha Mandir, Sattenapalle, Palnadu District-522403. 6. Polisetty Anil Kumar @ Anil, S/o Polisetti Krishna Murthy, Age 49 years, R/o D.No.19-15-54, IPD Colony, 2ND Line, Guntur, Guntur District- 522003 ...Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 6 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ...Respondent Petition under Section 438 of Cr.P.C & 482 of BNSS 2023, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be Pleased to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 6 on bail in the event of their arrest in Cr.No.122 of 2025 on the file of Sattenapalli Town Police Station, Palnadu District, under Sections 318(4), 115(2), 79, 351(3) r/w 3(5) BNS. I.A. NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 438(1) of Cr.P.C & 482(1) of BNSS 2023, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant interim bail to the Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 6 in the event of their arrest in connection to Cr.No.122 of 2025 on the file of Sattenapalli Town Police Station, Palnadu District, under Sections 318(4), 115(2), 79, 351(3) r/w 3(5) BNS. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Arun Showri G, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following: APHC010279952025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3504] THURSDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5793/2025 Between: -Polisotty Anjaneya Tharun @ Polishetty ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) Tarun Kumar and Others AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petltioner/accused(S): 1.ARUNSHOWRI G Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of B.N.S.S., is filed by the petitioners herein/A1 to A6 seeking to grant anticipatory bail in Crime No. 122 of 2025 of Sattenapalli Town Police Station, Palnadu District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 115(2), 79, 351 (3) read with 3(5) of the BNS. Learned counsel for the petitioners, after arguing for some time, has confined his argument to the extent of protecting the petitioners herein from the coercive action by the police on the ground that the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than 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. 2. 2 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 offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years. Heard. Perused the material on record. Since the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years, this Court directs the police 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^ With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, in the Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. 3. 4. 5. 6. ^(2014) 8 see 273 Sd/- SHAIK MOHD. RAFI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR j //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Station House Officer, Sattenapalli Town Police Station District. Guntur 2. One CC to Sri Arun Showri G Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CC's to The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh Amaravati [OUT] 4. Three CD Copies at SAM TF HIGH COURT DATED:12/06/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.5793 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE CRLP