APHC010354382025 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: 7340/2025 Between: 1. SMT CHATLA RAMA DEVI, W/O. CHATIA NAGA BHUSHANAM, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, OCC HOMEMAKER, R/O DOOR NO. 6- 5A003, MARUTHI NAGAR COLONY, BADANGPET, SAROOR NAGAR MANDAL, HYDERABAD, TELANGANA. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THROUGH THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER PARCHUR POLICE STATION BAPATIA DIST, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...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 anticipatory bail in the event of her arrest in connection with FIR No. 150 of 2023 dated 26.09.2023 on the file of Parchur Police Station, Bapatia District, for the alleged offences under Sections 420, 406, 409, 506 r/w 34 IPC, and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. V N V SURYA DATTU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 The Court made the following: 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.150 of 2023 of Parchur Police Station, Bapatla District, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 406, 409, 420 & 506 r/w 34 of IPC. 2. The case of the prosecution is that on 26.09.2023, on receipt of complaint of the complainant, police registered a case in Crime No.150 of 2023, alleging that the petitioner/Accused No.2 along with her husband and another deceived the complainant and others by inducing them to supply maize crop worth Rs.1,50,00,000/- promising payment. Thereafter, an amount of Rs.66,96,924/- was deposited and for the due amount of Rs.83,00,000/-, the accused had issued four cheques and the same were bounced. When the complainant asked for the due amount, the accused threatened them by saying that they would kill them. 3. Sri V.N.V.Surya Dattu, the learned counsel for the petitioner, 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 3 imposed by this Court; and it is urged to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner/Accused No.2. 4. Per contra, 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, 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. As seen from the record, the petitioner/Accused No.2 is the wife of Accused No.1. The allegation against the Accused Nos.1 and 2 is they purchased yield of maize crop from the farmers and initially they paid some amount, but later they did not pay the remaining amount to the farmers. 7. It is the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that two (02) cheques worth of Rs.20,00,000/- and Rs.24,00,000/-, respectively were handed over to the mediator for giving the amount to the farmers towards maize crop. As the two (02) cheques were dishonored, the complaint under Section 138 of the N.I Act was also filed. 8. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor further submits that there is similar antecedent against the petitioner, but it is also relating to an 4 offence punishable under Section 420 of IPC and relating to playing the fraud on the farmers. 9. Considering the nature of the allegations leveled against the petitioner, the alleged role played by her and the fact that husband of the petitioner tendered two (02) cheques to the mediator and the same were dishonored, petitioner being the wife of Accused No.1, this Court deems it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner/Accused No.2 with certain stringent conditions. 10. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: i. In the event of her arrest, the petitioner/Accused No.2 shall be enlarged on bail subject to she executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only), with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the arresting police officials; ii. The petitioner/Accused No.2 shall make herself available for investigation as and when required; iii. The petitioner/Accused No.2 shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses; iv. The petitioner/Accused No.2 shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned once in a week i.e., on 5 every Saturday between 10.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m., till filing of the charge sheet. v. The petitioner/Accused No.2 shall not leave the district limits without the express permission from the Station House Officer concerned. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 22.07.2025 SCS 6 51 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7340 of 2025 Date:22.07.2025 SCS