lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAV TUESDAY ,THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF JANUARvi;; TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIIVIINAL PETITION NO: 229 OF 2025 Betwee n.- Paladugula Prasad, S/o Augustin, R/o H.No. 4-175, Bondadagudem village, Bondada MandaI, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. Petitioner/Accused-2 AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh, , Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, Hl'gh Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi, Nelapadu, Guntur District. Respondent Petition under section 482 of BNSS (438 of Cr.P.C.,) praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed I-n support of the criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner on Anticipatory Bail in the event of her arrest in crime in FIR.No.154 of 2024 on the file of EIuru I Town Police Station, Eluru District COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER : SRI. DONDAPPAGARI SAI SIDDI SRIKHAR COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT : PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THE COURT IVIADE THE FOLLOWING ORDER THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 229 of 2025 ORDER: The Criminal Petition, u/See.482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is filed on behalf of the petitioner/A2 to grant anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.154/2024 of Eluru I Town Police Station, EIuru District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner and another for the offences punishable u/Sec.420, 370, 506 read with 34 lPC and Section 24 of the Emigration Act. 3. The case of the prosecution in brief is that: The informant is a resident of Bavisettivaripeta, E[uru and the victim is his wife. Due to financial problems, the informant decided to send his w-lfe to Oman for employment. He came to know that Al sent people to work in homes in Oman. He contacted Al over phone and he approached the informant and his wife and convinced them that he would arrange work to the victim in Oman and she would earn salary of Rs.30,000/- per month. The accused demanded Rs.30,000/- for passport and flight tickets, which they paid. ln May, 2023, the victim was sent to Oman but she had not received any salary for the past nine months. When the informant requested the accused to facilitate her ed4Z22 ---.-----l---l------_ _____R,__pr_~ap.~_`_-_~--======±~3rfftEbFTRI`t-Th-Jl|'+-y-r,i,-rJC=_qur_apap__ return, the accused threatened hlm and demanded Rs 3.00 lakhs As such .he gave report to police. 4. Heard. perusedtherecord. 5 Learned counsel for the petI'tlOner submltS that Al was released on ba" vl'de order in crl M P No.605 of 2024 dated o5.12.2024 by the learned v AddltlOnaI DIStrICt and Sesslons Judge-Gum-special Court for trial of offences against women, Eluru, west Godavarl'. 6 A perusal of the materI'al avaI®Iable on record goes to show that a" the allegatJ'OnS are dlreCted agaI-nSt AI Basing on the confessIOnaI statement of A1, the petltIOner has been shown as an accused ln the present crime. Even gol-ng by the confessional statement, the accusatlon that has been made as agaI'nSt the petitloner hereln IS that, he only facl|lltated the return of the vlctjm at oman Except the saI'd accusation there js no accusatf-on that has been made against the petltIOner hereln ln vl'ew of the facts and cl-rcumstances of the case, th,'s court l's ,ncllned to grant the prayer of the petl'tl'oner for anticipatory bail. 7. Accordingly, in the event of h,'s arrest with regard to this crl'me, petI-tiOner/A2 sha" be released on ba" on hI'S executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only), with two sureties for the ll'ke sum to the satisfaction of the arrest,-ng police offlcI'als and l`- ch also on condition that the petitioner shall make himself available for investigation as and when required and that he shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses. The petitioner shall appear before the concerned Station House Officer, once in a week i.e. on every Sunday between 10.00 a.m. and 05.00 p.m., till filing of the charge-sheet. 8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. I SD/- M.s ASSISTANT //TRUE COPY// SECTlo ar Lu •\JLL •.\_0 Ju For il To, 1. The Station House officer, Eluru I Town Police Station, EIuru District 2. One CC to SRl. DONDAPPAGARI SAI SIDDI SRIKHAR Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court ofA.P[OUT] 4. One spare copy I..I. I_nd^.lxe+)J*y±{Xj£lt±<v.se7astXC5qman±±Sen_rsnrm:&=r`l±=¢>amabll*L-ln;..l....l.lR\`.|`.\r`lTqur`_^..|.._ I. +.-I + . =¢+ HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED..21/01/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.229 of 2O25 ALLOWED pg\)lI *isS:`iras;ife`*,. ~.__*sofa,~twJ_~-,`a"haym^`riul-_`,w,lu.ae_uLow_