TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI WEDNESDAY, THE TWENT: Flit_i.:`tyr':,Fr JUNEl ,,+.`*fn?i:4ti:,,i€;?9`+.I :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y| LAKSHMANA RAO:~;&§ CRIMINAL PETITION NO|. 5941 OF 2025 \, Between I. _"* Maddala Narasanna @ Narasimha, S/o. Maddala Mariyya, Aged about 39 years, R/o. D.No.3-26-12, Lal Bahadur Sastri Street, D.S. Cheruvu, 5th r`lst: r` ward, subbarao peta, Tadepa]ligudem, West Godavari District, A.P. ...petitioner/Accused No.2 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Publ-lc Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi, Through Station House Officer, Tanuku Rural Police Station, Tanuku, West Godavari District. ...Respondent/Complainant petition under section 438 of Cr.P.C and 482 of BNSS, 2023 is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in memorandum of grounds of criminal petition, the High Court may be Pleased grant AnticipatOry Bail to the pet-ltioner/Accused No.2 in Crime No.74 of 2025 on the file of the Tanuku Rural Police Station, West Godavari District, in the event Of h-lS arrest; rf(G memo:ahneduPitlt]o:fn ::omulnndgsOnoffO:r:melanr::g;eut:t:OnnPearnudSlnugp:hne :ee:I:::gn atnhde / arguments of sri D.Taraka Prasad, Advocate for the Petitioner and Public prosecutor for the Respondent, the Court made the fOllOW'lng; ORDER: The Cr'lminal Pet-ltion has been filed under Section 438 of the Criminal procedure code, 1973 and under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik suraksha sanhita, 2023 by the petitioner for granting Of Pre-arrest bail -ln connection with crime No.74 of 2025 of Tanuku Rural Police Station, West Godavari District, registered for the alleged offenCeS Punishable under section108 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. a.J-i tQ7¢ -EJN i +`, .¥,1 EH 2. Facts, in brief, of the case are that between o8:00 hours on 01.04.2025 and 09.'30 hours on o2.04.2025, an I-nCident Of unnatural death due to drowning occurred in the A{tili Canal at Mandapaka VI|llage, Tanuku`Mandal. The complainant, Guduri yuvatha Kumari, reported on 02.04.2025 at ll:00 hours that her husband, Guduri venkanna Babu, a 47 year old cultivator and resident of Yerraneeligunta Hamlet, Mandapaka VIIIage, had left home on 01,04|2025 at 08.loo hours wl-th their elder daughter to Bhimavaram. After leavI-ng the daughter there, he did not return. Despite efforts by the complaI'nant and her relatives to locate him, he was found deceased and floatI'ng I-n the canal water on the mornl-ng of o2.04.2025. The deceased is believed to have ended hl-s life due to depression stemming from financial debts. A case was regI'Stered by Tanuku Rural Police Station based on the complaint. 3, Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned AssI-Slant PublI'C Prosecutor. perused the record. 4, Sri D.Tarak`a prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the Petitioner is the sole bread wl'nner of his family. The petitioner has `not committed any offence and he was falsely implicated in this case. The Petitioner would abide by any condition to be imposed by this court. 5| per confra, Mr. Neelotphal Ganji, the learned Assistant public Prosecutor, opposed in granting of bail stating that the some more material wI-tneSSeS have to be examined,I I-nvestigation is not completed; if the EEiE ii= ~| petitioner is enlarged on bail, he would not be available for the investigation and he would escape from the clutches of law; and urged to dismiss the bail petition. 6. There is no reference about the involvement of the pet'ltioner in the alleged abetment of suicide in the FIR lodged by the de-facto complainant:,_.lt was mentioned in the FIR that deceased committed suicide as he was unable to bear the pressure caused because of non-payment of debt owed by him to --.---__`__. \ -`-.-..`~in,` .-,-_.I-..-. . -^ the Accused No.1 in Online cri_cket. betting. A9CuSed No.1 gave confession _ .-`_`__.-l`_ - against Accused No.2. Taking into considera.lion the nature of the allegations and in view of the above facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to consider request of petitioner for grant of anticipa{ory bail. 7. Accordingly, this criminal petition is allowed with the fol[ow'lng directions: a) ln the event of arrest of the petitioner, the petitioner shall be enlarged on bail on executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only), with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the arresting police officials; b) The petitioner shall make themselves available for investigation as and when required:, c) The petitioner shall not cause any threat, inducement Or promise to the prosecution witnesses; cofsi3Z;;. - \ E= d) The petI|tI|Oner shall concerned once I-n appear before the station House offi-cer a week l'.e., on every saturday between lr --`` \+\J\ 10.00 a m. and o5 00 p.m , tl'll filing of the charge sheet. e) The pet,'tl'oner shall not leave the dl|strjct ljmI'tS without the express permI'SSjOn from the sta{jon House officer concerned. Accord,'ng'y, the crjmjnal petI'tjOn js allowed. To, llTRUE COPYl:orA: ASssS:sD#=MTEARRAR "whees:tQ=:=n`,H.:uns..e_I?Tcer, Tanuku Rural Police Statlonanuku , West Godavarl' District. 2. One cc to srI'. D.Taraka prasad, Advocate fopuc] 3. Two cos to publl'c Prosecutor, HI'gh Court ofAP [OUTJ 4. One spare copy MM <'t,i I. .?a HIGH COURT Dr.YLR,J DATED:25/06/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.5941 of 2025 ALLOWED Y