\+a lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVA THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO ..._- CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7115 OF 2025 >`+~,I;ico£jco*=i=~-¥eyr#,, Between : vadla venkateswarlu, S/o. Vadia Acharyulu aged about 58 years, R/o. 49-50-A-87C-10-6-A Lakshmi Nagar, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh. H.No- EEEEEE] ...Petitioner/Accuseci AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by the Public Prosecutor, High court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi, Through S.H.O. of Kurnool Ill Town Police Station, Kurnool District. ...Respondent petition under section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (438 of Cr.P.C), 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 enlarge the petitioner/Accused, on Anticipatory bail in the event of h-ls arrest by the Kurnool Ill Tovin Police Station, Kurp®Or District and its staff in FIR No 178 of 2025 dated 22.05.2025. counsel forthe Petitioner : Sri Madhava Rao Nalluri counsel for the Respondent : Sri Neelotphal Ganji, Assistant Public Prosecutor. The Court made the fo[iowing ORDER: esi='-_=i- The Court made the following: ORDER: The Grim-lnal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brev'lty [the BNSS') by the petitioner/Accused for granting Of Pre-arrest bail in connection With crime No.178 of 2025 of Kurnool Ill Town Police Station, KurnooI Distr'lct, registered for the alleged OffenCeS Punishable under Section 308 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity [the BNS'). 2. The case of the Prosecution iS that On 19.05.2025 at O9'.30 hours, the petitioner/accused extorted cash of Rs.9,000/-from the pocket Of the complainant by threatening him, hold'lng his throat, and decamped from the place. Th'ls is due to the fact that On 14.05.2025 at {Prajavedika], the accused demanded money from the complainant, stating that if he intended to construct a new factory, he should pay him, otherwise, he would spoil the image Of the factory by spreading false Propaganda in social media groups and whatsApp groups. Basing on the report Of the complainant, a case was registered against the petitioner/accused. 3. Sri Madhava Rao Nalluri, the learned COunSel for the Petitioner, subm'lts that the petitioner has not committed any offence; he was falsely implicated in this case; he is the sole breadw'Inner Of h'lS family; he iS / `------_==9 ifelI.\-- a !i±` ready to abide any conditions to be imposed by this court; and urged to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. 4. Per cot,fro, Mr.NeelotphaI Ganji, the learned Assistant Public prosecutor, opposed in granting of bail stating that investigation is not yet completed; if the petI|tiOner Was granted Pre-arrest bail, he will repeat the same offence and urged to dismiss the bail petition. 5. Perused the record. 6. As seen from the reco`rd, the allegations against the petitioner is that he took away forcibly Rs.9,000/- from the pocket of the de-facto complainant on 19.05.2025. The de-facto complainant lodged a report with the police on 22.05.2025. There was no explanation given for the delay of three days. There is no explanation offered by the petitioner, let alone plausible or convincing one, for lodging the report with enormous delay of three days. The report is not hand-written one, it is in typewriting on computer. There are no adverse antecedents against the petitioner, as reported by the prosecution. 7. In view of the nature of the allegations leveled against the petitioner/accused, his alleged role in this case, the delay in lodging the FIR, and the disputes in between the petitioner and the de-fac{o complainan{ in groupism 'lssues, this Court deems it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner/accused. \ -i= 8. In the result, the Criminal Peti1:I-On jS a[[OWed With the following conditions: To] ` i",fl-a I 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 investiga{I'On aS and When required; iii. The petI-tiOner/Accused shall not cause any 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. v. The petitioner/Accused shall not leave the district limits wI'thOut the express Permission from the Station House Officer concerned. sD/-K. KASIRAo AC,HARl //TRUE COPY// For ASS[STANI,ijlSTRAR SECTION OFFICER 1. The S.H.O., Kurnool Ill Town Police Station, Kurnool District. 2. One CC to Sri Madhava Rao Nalluri, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAndhra Pradesh [OUT] HIGH COURT Dr.YLR,J DATED: 17/07/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.7115 of 2025 ALLOWED lJii"iiEzEEERETREii J'-, _3 3= ;+.._:,i?_::-== 1 7 Jut ZOZ5 +m= *xpIA Te .~..`.tiis`..