lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AIVIARAVATI TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JULY, ll^/O THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE l` : PRESENT: iig} THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO[i¥ !l t3 CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6155 OF 2025 Between : Mohit VishaI, S/o.Kamlesh Ray, aged about 30 years, KhabdaVillage, Brahamstaham MandaI, Kiratpur Gurdas, Muzaffarpur okrI'Ct, Bihar Aadhar No. 793307739251 ... Petitioner/Accused-25 -, ;AND The State of AP, Rep. by its public Prosecutor, thru cyber crime police Station VI'Sakhapatnam City High Court of JudI-Cature Of Andhra Pradesh At Amaravati. I..Respondent/complainant petl-lion under section 480`l& 483 of BNSS (old Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C), praying that in the cI-rCumStanCeS Stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the petitioner/A-25 on baI-I in Cr.No. 53/2025 of Cybercrime poll'ce Station, VI-Sakhapatnam CI-ty. counsel forthe petitioner : SrI' Kakumanu Joji Amrutha Raju Counsel for the Responclerit I.-Assistant Public Prosecutor. The Court made the followl-ng ORDER: APHCO10301202025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE [3369] PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE I MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6155/2025 Between : 1.MOHIT VISHAL, KHABDA VILLAGE, BRAHAMSTAHAM MANDAL, KIRATPUR GURDAS, MUZAFFARPuR OKRICT, BIHAR AADHAR NO. 7933O7739251 .UPETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1.THE STATE OF AP, , Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, thru Cyber Crime Police Station Visakhapatnam City High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh I At Amaravati. ...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 Petit'lon, the High Court Pleased to release the petitioner/A-25 on bail in Cr.No,53/2025 of Cybercrime Police Station, Visakhapatnam City and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused|. 1 I KAKUMANU JOJI AMRUTHA RAJU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following|. ORDER: This Cri-mina' Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A25, E= •\ CJZ ^ -- 2 seeking bail, in Crimer No.53/2O25 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam city. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner and others forthe offences under Sections 108, 308(2), 319(2), 318(4), 79, 351(2) of B.N.S.S. and Section 66-C, 66-D, and 67-A of Information Technology Act, 2000. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, the de-facto complainan{ Surada Akhila Devi is a resident of Maharanipeta, Visakhapatnam city, is the wife of one Surada Narendra (hereinafter called as 'deceased'). The de-fac{o complainant is doing housekeeping work in simhadri Hospital. The deceased had taken loan for an amount of Rs.2,000/- from online app, subsequently he could not repay and that on o7.12.2024, he received Whatsapp call informing that the 'deceased' had taken loan for Rs.2,000/-and also sent some obscene morphed photographs of the de- facto complainant and 'deceased', then the de-facto complainant paid Rs.2,000/-through Phonepe to that mobile. The de-facto complainant as usual went to Hospital to attend her duty. On 07.12.2024 she received the phone call from her brother-in-law stating that the 'deceased' died due to hanging with saree in their room. Immediately the 'deceased' was shifted to K.G.Hospital, Visakhapatnam, where the doctors stated that he was brought dead. Hence the F.I.R. /7, / r, • _ =l"T=,JLl''- fr / i , I / 3 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the petitioner Was arrested 6n 22.5.2025 and since then he has been in judicial custody and his mobile was also seized. Other accused i.e. A14 and A18 were granted bail by th'ls Court vide Crl.P.No.5755 of 2025 on 25.6.2025 and the case of the petitioner is also on the sam.e lines and prays to allow the criminal petition. 5. On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor opposed the bail application and stated that some more witnesses are to be examined and if the accused was released on bail, he may tamper the evidence and hamper the investigation. 6. Heard both sides. 7, A perusal of the record indicates that the mobile of the petitioner was seized by the investigating officer. Learned counsel for the petitioner has also placed copy of the order passed in CrI,P.No.5755 of 2025 wherein this Court was pleased to grant bail to A14 and A18 and also placed the copy of order tin CrllP.No.4355 of 2025 wherein this Court was pleased to grant bail to A6. The reading of the orders as mentioned above indicates th-at this Court allowed the criminal petitions.on the ground that most of the investigation might have been completed as the petitioner has been in judicial custody from 22.5.2025. lt is not the case of the prosecution that custodial interrogation of the petitioner is required for conducting further investigation. The petitioner has got permanent t`, . . 4 abode at Tenali. When ascertained learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that there are three antecedents reported against the petitioner. Learned Sessions Judge was pleased to dismiss the bail application of the petitioner as per the orders dated 17.6.2025 on the ground that investigation officer intend to verify the data that is available in his mobile. As the order came to be passed nearly about 20 days back, this Court finds that the investigating officer might have verified the data by this time. As seen from the record, prima-facie it does not appear that the act allegedly committed by the petitioner is not directly related to the alleged suicide of the deceased. As most of the investigation is completed and most of the accused persons have been released on bail, this court finds that the release of the accused would not cause hampering of investigation and tampering of evidence. In the said facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to consider the prayer of the petitioner, by imposing stringent-conditions, as three antecedents were reported against the petitioner. 8. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant bail, to the petitioner/A25 with the following conditions, (i) The petitioner/A25 herein shall be released on his executing a personal bond for Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand only) with two sureties for a like suin each to the satisfaction of the learned Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Visakhapatnam; ...I E= I-.I ` EE i,,,.z/ 6-, 5 (ii) on release, the petitioner shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned on every Wednesday and Sunday between 10.00am to 5.00pm till filing of charge sheet; (iii) the petitioner shall not tamper with the evidence and hamper the investigation and shall cooperate for investigation. 9. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. sd,J_ k,I+-AtA RAG //TRUE COPY// For/ To, SECTION OFFICER 1. The Sessl-ons Judge, Mahila Court, Visakhapatnam. 2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 3. The Station House Officer, Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam City 4. One CC to Sri Kakumanu Joji Amrutha Raju, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAndhra Pradesh [OUT] 6. One spare copy CVSS \\ HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED : 08/07/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.6155 of 2025 ALLOWED