IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAV THURSDAY, THE SEVENTH DAYOFAUGUST, ,;; TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO uu;?I CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7973 OF 2025 I -, tryl`*_i;a.__#}i£~- `l,.,.'` l`¥?tfSf2 ,~ Betwee n : SariKonda Yelamanda, S/o. Anjineyulu, Aged about 24 years, Hindu, R/o.D.No.6-101/1, Rajupalem, VTC Lingamguntia Agraharam ( Rural) P.O Narasaraopet, Palnadu District, -522 601, State Andhra Pradesh Aadhar Card No 4182 3498 0468. ...Petitioner/Accused No.2 •AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through the Station House Officer, Narasaraopet Rural Police Station_,:. Guntur District Rep. by the public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra ;|Pradesh, Amaravathi ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 482. of Cr.P.C is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memQrarndum Of grounds Of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner on bail in the event of his arrest in F.I.R No.123 of 2025 dated 15-05-2025 registered on the file of the Narasaraopet Rural Police Station, Palnadu District; The`petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing ±h.e petition and the memorandum of grounds a,f``Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Ch.RamakrishnaI Advocate for the Petitioner and Public Prosecutor for the Respondent, the Court made the following; Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.7973 of 2025 Dated O7.08.2025 The 'Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sectl'on 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity {{he BNSS') by the petitioner/Accused No.2 for granting of pre-arrest bail jn connection with Crime No.123 of 2025 of Narasaraopet Rural Police Station, Palnadu District, regl'stered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 85,108 read with 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity lthe BNSl) 2. The case of the prosecution is that on 15.05.2025 at about 4:00 P.M. at Lingamguntla Village of Narasaraopet Mandal, the daughter of the c/e facfo complainant committed suicide by hanging herself for. the ceiling fan. The incident was reported on same day at 10:30 P.M.by the c/e facfo complainant Mindyala Yogaiah (father of the deceased).The de facfo complainant stated that the younger daughter of the de facfo complainant was married to one SarikondaYesubabu (accused No.1 ) on ll.06.2022 and at the time of the marriage, the de facfo complainant gave dowry to the accused, as per their demand. After the marriage, Al along wI'th his Parents, A2-Sarikonda yalamanda and \ \`` `.- `' 3 Dr. YLR, I CrI.P.No.7973 of 2025 Dated 07.08.2025 A3_Sarikonda Anjamma, started harassing the daughter of the de facfo complainant physically and mentally, demanding additional dowry, resulting in the death of the deceased. The de facfo complainant came to know about the incident through A1. He, along with his relatives, rushed to Lingamguntla Village and found the deceased body and they believed that due to harassment by th.e husband and in-laws of the deceased, she took such an extreme step of suicide.A case was registered based on the said complaint given by the de facfo complaI-nant. 3. Sri C.H.Ramakrishna, the learned counsel for the petitioner, contends that the petitioner is innocent of the alleged offence and has beeh falsely implicated by the police. lt is further submitted that the petitioner is the sole earning member of the family and, he is ready to abide any conditions that may be imposed by this Court, and it is urged to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. 4. Per confra, Mr.NeelotphaIGanji, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed the grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner, submitting that the investigation is still underway and several material witnesses remain to be examined. lt is contended that if the / -- , -:., 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.7973 of 2025 Dclted 07.08.2025 petitioner is released on pre-arrest bail, there is a strong likelihood that he may abscond, thereby hampering the ongoing investigation and evading the process of law. In view of the foregoing, it is urged that the petition be dismissed. 5. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 6. On perusal of the record,it appears that the petitioner/accused No.2 is Brother-in-law of the deceased. Accused No.1 is the Husband of the deceased. Accused No.1 was already arrested and he is in the judicial custody. Accused No.3, the Mother-in-law of the deceased, was already granted Regular Bail by the competent Court. The allegation against the Accused No.2, Brother-in-law of the deceased, is that he `also su.pporfed his Brother, who is the husband of the deceased, that the deceased should go and live with her parents, as she begot a` female child. There is no reference in the FIR that accused demanded for additional dowry. 7. Considering the gravity and nature of the allegations levelled against the petitioner, and the relation of the petitioner with the deceased, thI-S Court deems it fl't to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. \`i> \i¥ / 5 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.7973 of 2025 Dated o7.08.2025 8. In the result, the crjmjnaI Petition is allowed with the following conditions: i. ln the event of their arrest, the petitioner/Accused No.2 be enlarged on bail subject to he executing personal bond for a 'sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only), wI|th two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the arresting police officI'alS; ii. The petI'tI-Oner/AccusedNo.2 shall make himself available for I'nVeStI-gatI'On aS and when requI-red; iiI'. The petitioner/Accused No.2 shall not cause any threat, inducement or p.romise to the prosecut].on witnesses,I iv, The petitioner/Accused No.2 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 ofthe charge sheet. v. The petitioner/Accused No.2 shall not leave the district II'mitS Without the express permissI'On from the Station House Officer concerned. rrfrf~ 6 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.7973 of 2025 Dclted O7.08.2025 vi. The petitioner/Accused No.2 shall surrender his passport, if any, to the investigating officer. lf he claims that he does not have passport, he shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the Investigating OffI'Cer. .I+ //TRUE COPY// -,,.+ i Forl sD/-G.HELANAIDU _ -_~`.--A TP`AR ASSISTANT To, 1. The Station House Officer, Narasaraopet Rural Pol-Ice Station, `-:,. Guntur District. 2. One CC to Sri. Ch.Ramakri§hna, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, +High Court of AP [OUT] 4. One spare copy M\l HIGH COURT Dr.YLR,J DATED : 07/08/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.7973 of 2025 ALLOWED ? tl7F