lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAV WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6958 OF 2025 Between : Surapureddy Bharat Kumar, S/o Dharma Raju, Aged 35 years, D.No 5-219, Chintala Veedhi, DuIIa Village, Kadiyam MandaI, East Godavari District. ...Petitioner/Accused AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati. ...Respondent/Comp[ajnant Petition under Section 482 of BNSS is filed 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 him bail in the event of his arrest by Rayavaram Police Station, Rajamahendravaram, Dr.B.R Ambed-kar Konaseema Dis{rl-ct in Cr.No.41 of 2025. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of grounds fI-led in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI VARREY VENTAKATA NAGAVISHNU TEJA Advocate for the Petitioner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for Respondent, and the court made the following. ORDER: u,.-u\"L'- ?I:.-...-`.i..i 5\!^..I-I-J5C'¢ Dr. YLl`' CrI.P.No.6958 of 2025 Dated 23.07.2025 q`` The Court made the fo[[oWing: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been i-lled under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity [the BNSS') by the petit'loner/Accused for granting Of Pre-arrest bail in COnneCt'lOn With crime No.41 of 2025 of Rayavaram Police Station, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Konaseema District, registered for the alleged offences punishable under sections 111 (2), 318 (4) and 61 (2) read with 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity {the BNSJ), Sections 3 and 4 of the Andhra Pradesh Gaming Act. 2. The case of the proseCut-Ion iS that On 02.03.2025 at 5:00 PM, based on credible information about illegal cricket betting, the Sub- Inspector of pol-Ice, Rayavaram Police Slat-Ion obtained a search warrant from sub-Div-ISiOnal Police Officer, Ramachandrapuram and raided House No. 4-26, V-lnayaka Colony, Someswaram Village, owned by Lingapu Satish. On seeing the police, three Persons tried tO escape. During interrogation, both arrested Persons confessed tO conducting a cricket betting operation with±liBgaPu Satish under the gu-ldance of Mallidi Arjun Reddy. The operation had been Ongoing Since January `~ 2025 using mobile Phones anC! laPtOPS, W'lth Proceeds transferred tO L=u _+ FTrs RE ±l =T=J. * ri / •| I±l E Dr. YLR, J CrI.P.No.6958 of 2025 Dclted 23.07.2025 Satish's Axis Bank account. Equipment, including a cricket betting box, a Dell lap{op, 8 mobile phones, and related materials, was seized in the Presence Of medl-atOrS. Based on this, the police registered a crime against the petitioner/Accused. 3. Ms.V.V.N.V.Teja, the learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence; he was falsely implicated in this case; he is sole breadwinner of his family; he is ready abide any conditions to be imposed by this Court, and it is urged to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner/Accused. 4. Per confra, Ms.P.Akila Naidu, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, opposed in granting of pre-arrest bail stating that investigation is not completed; if the petitioner is enlarged on pre-arrest bail, he would not be available for the investigation and he will repeat the same offence; and it is urged {o dismiss the bail application. 5. Perused the record. 6. As seen from the record, the nature of allegations leveled against the petitioner/Accused will not fall under the category of organized crime, but fall under the-f5a-tfflegory of the offence which is liable for punishment of less than seven (07) years. ~_------i\ Dr. YLh, crl:p.No.6958 of 2025 Dated 23.07.2025 -\ 7. Considering the nature of the allegations leveled against the petitioner/Accused, his alleged role played in this case, this Court deems it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to the.petitioner/Accused. 8. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: i. ln the event of his arrest, the petitioner/Accused shall be enlarged on bail subject to he 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 officials; ii. The petitioner/Accused shall make himself available for investigation as and when required; iii. The petitioner/Accused shall notcauseany threat, -Inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses; iv. The petitioner/Accused shall appear before 'the Station House Officer concerned once in a week i.e., on every Saturday between 10.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m;, till filing of the charge sheet. \`L- - '_ - Dr. YLR, J CrI.P.No.6958 of 2025 Dated 23.07.2025 v. The petitioner/Accused shall not leave the district limits without the express permission from the station House Officer concerned. / Sd/-Al. 'VEREUr:'!GgrAL. |Bil.Sa® r R.#.15¥` lA`S`S !S-rA`NaT //TRUE COPY// For I iaffl fflREl TS§=CT!Oha' OFFICER To, 1. The statI'On House officer, Rayavaram police Station, Rajamahendravaram, Dr.B.R Ambedkar Konaseema District. 2. One CC to SRI. VARREY VEriTAKATA NAGAVISHNU TEJA Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. [OPUC] 4. One spare copy KN HIGH COURT DR.YLR,J DATED : 23/07/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.6958 of 2025 ALLOWED _,ty,J|,...I..-,J<