APHC010307082025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI •IV WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6290 OF 2025 Between: 1. Annem Suresh, S/o Annem Krishna (Mentioned in FIR as Anyam Suresh) Aged about 28 years, Occ: Agriculture, R/o.D.No.6-174, Vasunagar, Maganoor Mandal, Gudebelllur, Mahaboobnagar District, State of Telangana - 509352. 2. Annem Krishna, S/o.Satryanarayana, (Mentioned in FIR as Anyam Krishna) Aged about 51 years, Occ: Agriculture, R/O.D.N06-I74, Vasunagar, Maganoor Mandal, Gudebelllur, Mahaboobnagar District, State of Telangana - 509352. ...Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati through the Station House Officer, Iragavaram P.S., West Godavari District. ...Respondent Petition under Section 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 release the petitioners on bail in the event of their arrest in connection with the FIR No. 153 of 2024 dated 19.09.2024 the file of the Station House Officer, Iragavaram Police Station, West Godavari District. on Counsel for the Petitioners: Sri B Jaya Prabhakara Rao Counsel for the Respondent; Public Prosecutor The Court made the following order: APHC010307082025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6290/2025 Between; Annem Suresh and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED{S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S); 1. B JAYA PRABHAKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT ORDER:- This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of B.N.S.S., is filed by the petitioners herein/A1 and A2 seeking to grant anticipatory bail in Crime No. 153 of 2024 of Iragavaram Police Station, West Godavari District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 417, 354D and 384 read with 511 read with 34 IPC. 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 Sufaksha Sanhita, 2023. 2. 2 3. 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 Heard. Perused the material on record. 5. Since the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years, this Court directs the police to follow 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. seven years. 4. the 6. T (2014) 8 see 273 Sd/-G HELA NAIDU ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPYIl jt SEGTION OFFieER 1. The V Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Court of Offences against Women, Eluru, West Godavari District. 2. The Station House Officer, Iragavaram Police Station, West Godavari District. 3. One CC to Sri B Jaya Prabhakara Rao, Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CC's to The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh „Amaravati [OUT] 5. Two CD Copies To, at SAM sree JS HIGH COURT DATED:02/07/2025 ORDER CRLP No. 6290 of 2025 0 8jUL2(C5 is DISPOSING OF THE CRLP