APHC010402092024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: Between: Katari Maharaju State of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. BOLLA VENKATA RAMA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: As per the directions of My Lord the Hon’ble the Chief Justice, this criminal petition has been allotted to this Bench by notice dated 25.03.2025 and the same is treated as part of the roster effective from 26.03.2025. 2. A.1 in Crime No.25 of 2024 on the file of Rajamahendravaram III Town Police Station, East Godavari District, filed the present application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6465/2024 ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: BOLLA VENKATA RAMA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR the following: As per the directions of My Lord the Hon’ble the Chief Justice, this criminal petition has been allotted to this Bench by notice dated 25.03.2025 and the same is treated as part of the roster effective from 26.03.2025. A.1 in Crime No.25 of 2024 on the file of Rajamahendravaram III Town Police Station, East Godavari District, filed the present application under Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3239] THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT As per the directions of My Lord the Hon’ble the Chief Justice, this criminal petition has been allotted to this Bench by notice dated 25.03.2025 and the same is treated as part of the roster effective from 26.03.2025. A.1 in Crime No.25 of 2024 on the file of Rajamahendravaram III Town Police Station, East Godavari District, filed the present application under , 2023 (BNSS), seeking anticipatory bail. Initially the said crime was registered for the offences punishable under Sections 494, 420 and 506 r/w 34 IPC and Section 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 3. Earlier the petitioner filed petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the proceedings in the said crime. This Court by order dated 28.03.2024 vide Criminal Petition No.2137 of 2024 disposed of the criminal petition directing the police to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 41A Cr.P.C. as per the guidelines enunciated in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar1. Now, the petitioner filed the present application seeking anticipatory bail. As this Court has already passed orders directing the police to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 41A Cr.P.C. as per the guidelines enunciated in Arnesh Kumar (supra), no orders are required to be passed even after filing of the charge sheet. The petitioner / A.1 is directed to appear before the concerned Court and cooperate with the trial of the case. With the above observation, this Criminal Petition is disposed of. ____ K.SURESH REDDY, J Date: 27.03.2025 MVA 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273