APHC010331422025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH FRIDAY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6844 OF 2025 Between: 1. C C Kothakota Ravindra Reddy alias Reddivari Ravindra Reddy, (A.l) Chenna Reddy, Aged 52 years, R/o. C.C.Kothakota Village, Mamdal, Sri Satya Sai District. 1. THE STATE OF AP, Rep. by Station House Officer, I Town P.S., Dharmavaram, Sri Satya Sai District, through its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Amaravathi. Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds Criminal Petition, the High Court the Petitioner/Accused in Cr. No. 102 of 2025 on the file of I Town Police Station, Dharmavaram, Sri Satya Sai District in the pass 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 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6844 OF 2025 Ravindra Reddy alias Reddivari Ravindra Reddy, (A.l) Chenna Reddy, Aged 52 years, R/o. C.C.Kothakota Village, Dharmavaram Mamdal, Sri Satya Sai District. ...Petitioner AND 1. THE STATE OF AP, Rep. by Station House Officer, I Town P.S., i Satya Sai District, through its Public Prosecutor, High Court ...Respondent 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 the High Court pleased to grant interim anticipatory bail to in Cr. No. 102 of 2025 on the file of I Town Police Station, Dharmavaram, Sri Satya Sai District in the event of his arrest and ion 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 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO Ravindra Reddy alias Reddivari Ravindra Reddy, (A.l) S/o. Dharmavaram ...Petitioner 1. THE STATE OF AP, Rep. by Station House Officer, I Town P.S., i Satya Sai District, through its Public Prosecutor, High Court ...Respondent Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of interim anticipatory bail to in Cr. No. 102 of 2025 on the file of I Town Police event of his arrest and ion 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 pleased to enlarge the petitioner/accused on Anticipatory Ball in the event of his arrest in Cr. No. 102 of 2025 on the file of I Town Police Station, Dharmavaram, Sri Satya Sai District and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: E ANJANA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: 1. This Criminal Petition is filed by the Petitioner/A.1 under section 482(1) and 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNSS’) seeking to grant anticipatory bail in Cr.No.102 of 2025 of Dharmavaram I Town Police Station, Sri Satya Sai District, for the alleged offences under sections 308(2) r/w 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNS’). 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, after arguing for some time, has confined his argument to the extent of protecting the petitioner herein from 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 BNSS (old provision, section 41A of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973). 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 petitioner for the reason that the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years. 4. Heard both sides and 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 the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the BNSS (old provision section 41A of Cr.P.C.,) scrupulously as per the guidelines enunciated in Arnesh Kumar V. State of Bihar and another1. 6. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ________________________ T. MALLIKARJUNA RAO, J. Date: 11.07.2023. SAK 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO Criminal Petition No.6844 of 2025 Date: 11.07.2025 SAK