I APHC010281692025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI 71 WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIN/E PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A. HARI HARANADHA SARMA CRIMINALPETITIONNO: 5849 OF 2025 BETWEEN: P Inkollu Bujji, (Shown as Kalyari alias Biijji in FIR), S/o! Seshagiri Rao, Aged 45 years, R/o. D.No.8-8-19A, 3rd Line, Nehru Nagar, Guntur 522001. ...Petitioner/Accused No.1 4 I and;,;; ' The State of Andhra Pradesh, (Through Kothapet Police Station, Guntur District) Rep., by its Public Pfos'ecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati. .^Respondent 2023) ■ graying: j that in;; t circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondent police to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused on bail in the event of his arrest in connection with Crime No. 87 of 2025 of Kothapet Police Station, Guntur District. Petition under Section 482 of (BNSS Counsel for the Petitioner SRI P. SAI SURYA TEJA Counsel for the RespondentPUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:, 1 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A. HARI HARANADHA SARMA CRIMINAL PETITION No.5849 of 2025 ORDER: This is an application filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of pre-arrest bail. The petitioner herein is arrayed as sole accused in Crime No.87 of 2025 of Kothapet Police Station, Guntur District, with the allegation of committing the offences under Section 1. 351(2) BNS. The petitioner prays for a direction to release him on Bail, in the event of 2. his arrest. 3. Heard both sides. 4. Point for determination: Whether the petitioner/accused is entitled for grant of pre-arrest bail in terms of Section 482 of BNSS? If so, on what terms? Point: As per the submission made by both the counsels, the case is registered in terms of Section 351 (2) of BNS which reads as follows: “Section 351(2): Whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.” 5. / 6. The allegations are that when the petitioner / accused is a creditor of the informant and getting all sorts of pressures including that the debt is not clear i ■ o 2 and also putting objectionable messages, that there is a threat for the life of the informant. 7. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is put to fear stating that the provisions of law will be altered, if the petitioner / accused does not accept for the settlement with the informant. The process of law is misused to get the petitioner in terms of the informant. He has further submitted that the offence for which the case registered against the petitioner is non- cognizable and bailable. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submitted that the investigation is being done in terms of Section 351(2) of BNS and as of now, four witnesses were examined including the informant. 9. It is also submitted by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor in respect of bailable offence granting of pre-arrest bail does not arise which the learned counsel for the petitioner has fairly conceded while submitting that the non-cognizable even. Therefore, the petition on the facts now placed before the Court found not maintainable. 8. case IS 10. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. ' t Sd/- M SRINIVAS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// I SECTTON OFFICER To 1. Kothapet Police Station, G.untur District. 2. One CC to SRI P SAI SURYA TEJA Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. [OUT] ft. Two C.D Copies Ssl (gsg) . : ; ■ ■ . . v-. - f . ■ •-:•■ : ■ HIGH COURT 'f i i DATED: 25/06/2025 A L'Sii •• I .v. 3 ORDER o o o H SEl» 20^ ac m *1^ CRLP 5849/2025 Co . ■#r Current $>ection a ■ vy ■'V t 1 <1 CRIMINAL PETITION IS DISMISSED •I