APHC010336422025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7034 OF 2025 Between: V.R. Eswari, W/o. M.Sivasankarappa Alias Shivashankar, age about 38 years, Occ House wife, R/o Agaram Kothapalli Village, Gudupalli Mandal, native of Kappalanatham Village, Shettupalli Panchayath, Gudupaili Mandal, Chittoor District. ...Petitioner/A2 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi through Kuppam Urban Police Station. ...Respondent/State Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhitha praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner on bail in the event of her arrest in connection with Crime No.55 of 2025, of Kuppam Urban Police Station, Chittoor District. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI K.V.L. NARASIMHA RAO Counsel for the Respondent: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: APHC010336422025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY.THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7034/2025 Between: V R ESWARI, W/0 M.SIVASANKARAPPA ALIAS SHIVASHANKAR, AGE ABOUT 38 YEARS, OCC HOUSE WIFE, R/0 AGARAM KOTHAPALLI VILLAGE, GUDUPALLI MANDAL, NATIVE OF KAPPALANATHAM VILLAGE, SHETTUPALLI PANCHAYATH, GUDUPAILI MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi through Kuppam Urban Police Station. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT 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 of Criminal Petition, the High Courtpleased to enlarge the petitioner on bail in the event of her arrest in connection with Crime No.55 of 2025, of Kuppam Urban Police Station, Chittoor District and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.KVLNARASIMHA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) by the petitioner/Accused No.2 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.55 of 2025 of Kuppam Urban Police Station, Chittoor District, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 109(1), 118(1) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS’). The case of the prosecution is that on 05.03.2025, the accused 2. No.2 and her husband attached the defacto-complainant, their daughter and others with a sharp knife causing severe injuries. The incident occurred due to a love marriage disputes between the defacto- complainant and the accused family. The injured were shifted to the hospital. Basing on the statement recorded by the police, the police registered a case in Crime No.55 of 2025 of Kuppam Urban Police Station, Chittoor District. Sri V.N.V.Surya Dattu, the learned counsel for the petitioner. 3. submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence; she was falsely implicated in this case; she is ready to abide any conditions to be imposed by this Court; and it is urged to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner/Accused No.2. 3 Per contra, Ms.P.Akila Naidu, the learned Assistant Public 4. Prosecutor, opposed in granting of pre-arrest bail stating that investigation is not completed; if the petitioner is enlarged on pre-arrest i bail, she would not be available for the investigation and she will repeat the same offence; and it is urged to dismiss the bail application. 5. Perused the record. 6. The petitioner/Accused No.2 is the mother-in-law of the defacto- complainant. The allegation against the petitioner is that she caught hold the defacto-complainant while another accused was allegedly stabbed the defacto-complainant with a knife. 7. In view of the nature of the allegations levelled against the petitioner and the alleged role played by the petitioner, this Court does not deem it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. However, the learned counsel for the petitioner requests this Court to grant liberty to the petitioner to surrender before the learned jurisdiction Magistrate concerned and move an appropriate application for her release before the Special Court concerned. 8. In the result, the Criminal Petition is disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to surrender before the learned jurisdiction Magistrate concerned within a period of one (01) week from the date of receipt o^ copy of this order and move an appropriate application before th f, 4 Vi learned Special Court for enlarging her on bail. The learned Special Judge shall endeavour to dispose of the application on its own merits in accordance with law, and pass appropriate orders within time, preferably in two (02) days. a reasonable / Sd/- K SRINIVASA RAJU ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER 1. The Station House Officer, Kuppam Urban Police Station District. 2. One CC to Sri. K V L Narasimha Rao Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Amaravati. [OUT] 4. Two CD Copies To, Chittoor Pradesh at Chp sree HIGH COURT DATED;22/07/2025 ORDER CRLP NO. 7034 OF 2025 31 JUL 2025 ov 5^i ★ DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION