APHC010301682025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6182/2025 Between: 1. BATCHU VENU BHASKAR REDDY ALIAS CHINNA, S/O. LATE VENKATA GOVINDA RAO AGE 38 YEARS, R/O. D. NO. 12-5-39, PEDDA BHARATHAM STREET NEAR NEELAMMA TEMPLE, SRIKAKULAM, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati Through the Station House Officer Muvvalavanipalem Police Station, Visakhapatnam ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS 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 petitioner/Accused No. 2 in the event of his arrest in FIR No. 466 of 2024 of Muvvalavanipalem Police Station, Visakhapatnam District 1in the interest of justice IA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased may be pleased to grant interim bail to the petitioner/Accused No. 2 in the event of his arrest in FIR No. 466 of 2024 of Muvvalavanipalem Police Station, Visakhapatnam District in the interest of justice Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. KAMBHAMPATI RAMESH BABU 2 Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C.’)/ Sections 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner/Accused No.2 in Cr.No.466 of 2024 of Muvvalavanipalem Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, registered against the petitioner/Accused No.2 herein and others for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 342, 379, 506, 407 r/w 34 IPC and Sections 43, 66, 66-C of I.T.A.Act. 2. The case of the prosecution is that one Mohammed Azeem Khan lodged a report against Joy Jemima, Venu Reddy @ Chinna and her associates, stating that they conspired together with an intention to gain money and properties from the de-facto complainant by creating deception and threat under fear of death, and also blackmailed him by laying a trap in the guise of love with deceitful words. Accused No.1, with the help of others, used to provide intoxicated sprays and juices, and while in a drowsy state, took intimidating photos and later threatened him and extorted huge money by putting fear of circulating those photos and videos to his family 3 and friends. Accused No.1 forcibly took away valuable items belonging to the de-facto complainant, i.e., laptops, mobiles, jewellery, and cash, all worth of Rs.25,00,000/-, and demanded to part with Rs.75,00,000/-. It is also alleged by the de-facto complainant that Accused No.1 lodged a missing complaint at Gopalapuram Police Station with allegations of sexual harassment against the de-facto complainant at Airport Police Station. 3. Sri Kambhampati Ramesh Babu, the learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence; he was falsely implicated in this case; he is sole breadwinner of his family; he is ready to abide any conditions to be imposed by this Court; and urged to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. 4. Per contra, Ms. Akhila Naidu, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, opposed in granting of bail stating that the preliminary charge sheet was filed in this case; if the petitioner is granted pre-arrest 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. The petitioner was issued PT warrant. But it was not executed and the petitioner was not prosecuted by the learned jurisdictional Magistrate. 5. Perused the record. 6. As seen from the record, this is the second pre-arrest bail application filed by the petitioner who is arrayed as Accused No.2. Learned Single 4 Judge of this Court in Crl.P.No.2298 of 2025 dismissed the pre-arrest bail application on 10.4.2025. As seen from the record, there are specific overt acts attributed against the petitioner. The petitioner along with Accused No.1 alleged to have cheated large number of gullible people. It is also asserted that the petitioner is indulging in male human trafficking and extortion of money and valuable movable properties. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that apart from the present case, three other cases were registered against the petitioner herein and investigation in the present crime is not yet completed. In view of the specific allegations leveled against the petitioner, there are no merits in the petition. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 15.07.2025 RD 5 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6182 of 2025 Date: 15.7.2025 RD