IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST | TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE : PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6655 OF 2025 Between: 1. Smt Suseelamma, W/o. Rama Krishna, Aged about 44 years, Occ Housewife, R/o.D.No.5-293, Kachikunta Village, H/o. Halkur, Amarapuram Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District, Ertswhile Ananatapur District. 2. Smt Rathnamma, W/o. Late Hanumantharaya, Aged about 54 years, Occ Housewife, R/o.D.No.5-105, Kachikunta Village, H/o. Halkur, Amarapuram Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District, Ertswhile Ananatapur District. 3. Smt Gowramma, W/o. Late Chandrappa, Aged about 46 years, Occ Housewife, R/o.D. No.5-293, Kachikunta Village, H/o. Halkur, Amarapuram Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai District, Ertswhile Ananatapur District. ...Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 3 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through SHO, Amarapuram Police Station, Sri Sathya Sai District Erstwhile Anantapur District Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, At Amaravati ...Respondent Petition under Section 482 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petition; the High Court may be pleased to grant anticipatory bail and direct the respondent police to release the petitioners/Accused No.1 to 3 herein in the event of his arrest in FIR No. 22 of 2025, dated 05.03.2025 on the file of the Amarapuram Police Station, Amarapuram, Sri Sathya Sai District Erstwhile Anantapur District. 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 P NARAHARI BABU Advocate for the Petitioners, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent, the Court made the following 2 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.6655 of 2025 Dated 14.08.2025 ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to enlarge the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 in the event of their arrest in connection with Crime No.22 of 2025 of Amarapuram Police Station, Sri Sathya Sai District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 108 r/w 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyana Sanhita, 2023. 2. The case of the prosecution is that on 05.03.2025 at 9.00 a.m., the complainant lodged report stating that there are previous ill feelings between her husband T. Govindappa (deceased) and Accused Nos.1 to 3 with regard to some unknown persons burnt the motor cycle of the deceased about 8 months back; on that unable to bear the harassment made by Accused Nos.1 to 3, her husband committed suicide by handing to ceiling fan with cord .in his house. Basing on the report given by the complainant, a case has been registered against Accused Nos.1 to 3 for the offences punishable under Sections 108 r/w 3(5) of B.N.S. 3. Sri P. Narahari Babu, the learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that the petitioners have not committed any offence; they were falsely implicated in this case; the petitioners never altercated with the deceased nor abetted the deceased in committing suicide; they are ready to abide any 3 Dr. Crl.P.No.6655of20. Dated 14.08.2025 conditions to be imposed by this Court; and urged fo eniarge the petitioners bail in the event of their arrest. on 4. Per contra, Ms. P. Akhila Naidu the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, submits that the petitioners abetted the deceased by harassing with words and made him to commit suicide; that the investigation is pending; and urged to dismiss the bail petition. 5. Perused the record. 6. The allegation against the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 is that they have criticized the wife of the deceased and picked up quarrel with him, due to which, unable to bear the words spoken by the petitioners against the wife of the deceased, the deceased took an extreme resort of committing suicide by hanging him^self to the ceiling fan. The petitioners are females aged about 44, 54 and 46 years respectively. 7. Considering the gravity of offence and nature of the allegations levelled against the petitioners and alleged role played by the petitioners, this Court is inclined to considerjhej-equest of petitioners for grant of anticipatory bail. 8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: 4 Dr.YLR, J Crl.P.No.6655 of 2025 Dated 14.08.2025 In the event of arrest of the petitioners, they shall be enlarged on bail on each of them executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction police officials; only), with two of the arresting "■ The petitioners shall make themselves investigation as and when required; iii- The petitioners shall not promise to the prosecution witnesses; The petitioners shall Officer concerned between 10.00 sheet. available for cause any threat, inducement or IV. appear befqre the Station House on every Saturday a.m., and 05.00 p.m., till filing of the charge once in a week i.e. V. The petitioner shall not leave the district limits express permission from the Station House Officer without the concerned. SD/-G.HELANAIDU assistant ^GISTRAR sectio^Tofficer //TRUE COPY// 1 To 1. The Station House Officer, Amarapuram District Erstwhile Anantapur District 2. OneCCto SRI. P NARAHARI BABU Advocate PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 4. One spare copy Police Station, Sri Sathya Sai [OPUC] High Court of Andhra Pradesh PSR > T(l« *1 HIGH COURT DR.YLR,J DATED: 14/08/2025 ANTICIPATORY BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.6655 of 2025 ALLOWED