lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAV MTOwNoD:HY;TuHsEAp:N:D::E:NN:THT:AEYNTOyF FJIUvLEY €ii: I HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY{ CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6573 OF 2025 Between : S.Durga Vara Prasad, S/o. N. Narasimha Rao, Aged about 56 years, R/o. D.No.12-8-18, Vodduruvari Street, Near Saibaba Temple, Ko{hapeta, Guntur, Guntur District. Note: Petitioner's Cause title iS amended as per the court order dated 17/07/2025 in I.A.No.1 of 2025 ih CRL.P.No.6573 of 2025 ...Petitioner/Accused 6 I AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, R6p. by its public prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. ...Respondent Petition under Section 482 'of BNSS (Old Section 438 of Cr.P.C.)is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the Cr'lminaIPetition, the High Court may be pleased to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner`s/A6 in Crime No. 106 of 2025 of Lalapet police station, Guntur, Guntur District in the event of his arrest. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI K RAGHU VEER Advocate for the Petitioner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent, and the Court made the following ORDER: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL ORDER: NO: 6573 OF 2025 The Criminal petition, under section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhi{a, 2023, is filed on behalf of the petitioner/A6 {6 grant anticipatory bail in connection with crime No.106/2025 of Lalapet Police Station, Guntur District. 2) A case has been registered against the petl'tioner for the offences punishable under Sections 319(2), 351(2), 79, 64(2)(m) I/w 3(5) of the B.N.S, 3(2)(v), 3(1)(r), 3(2)(va) of the SCs & STs (PoA) Act, 1989. 3) The case of prosecutions in brief, iS that the victim woman belonged to the scheduled Caste Community and her marriage alliance took place with accused No.1 and it was agreed that a sum of Rs.25.00 lakhs and gold would be paid towards dowry and accordingly, a sum of Rs,10.00 lakhs was paid to accused No.1 on 08.03.2025; that on 10.03.2025, the engagement of victim woman and accused No.1 was Performed in the presence of both side elders and it was proposed to perform their marriage on 18.04.2025. lt is the specific accusation that accused No.1 `had sexual intercourse with the victim woman for Q. several times, on the pretext that they both are getting married on 18.04.2025 and later, accused No.1 switch6d off his phone and refused to marry the victim woman and all the accused abused the victim woman and her parents touching their caste and refused to perform the marriage of accused No.1 with the victim woman. The case was 'reported to police and it.was registered as a case in Crime No.106 of 2025 and investigated into. 4) Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 5) A perusal of material-on record goes to show that petitioner/ accused No.6 is maternal uncle of accused No.1 and there is no specific allegation as against the petitioner/accused No.6. A perusal of contents of the petition further goes to show that accused No.1 got married the victim woman and they were living together as a family. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this cc;urf is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner/accused No.6. 6) Accordingly, in the event of his arrest with regard to this crime, petitioner/A6 shall be released on ba'll On his executing a Personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand Only), with two sureties for the like sum each, to the satisfaction of the arresting police I+ officials, and also on condition that the petitioner shall make himself available for investigation as and when required and that he shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses. The petitioner shall appear before the station House Officer concerned, once in a' week i..e. on every Saturday between 10.00 a.m. and 05.00 p.m., till filing of the charge-sheet. 7) Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. //TRUE COPY// SD/-B.CHITTI.JOSEPH A S : :SGT*:#: I] :TERRAR For To, 1. The Station House Officer, Lalape{ Police Station, Guntur, Guntur District. 2. One CC to SRl. K RAGHU VEER, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] 4. One spare copy KN ±!Q±£: The Name of the petitioner is corrected as {ls.Durga Vara Prasad" as per order of this court dated 17.`07.2025 in I.A.No.1 of 2'025. Substitute this amended order in place of earlier order which was dispatched on o9.07.2025. Sd/-A.VIJAYA BABU ASSISTAN+ REGISTRAR \______________ ____ _ J HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED:07/07/2025 (17/07/2025) ORDER (Amended) CRLP.No.6573 of 2025 ALLOWED