`\-` lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8531 OF 2025 Between : poka]a Lakshmi all-aS Manjula, w/o suresh, R/o Bapuji colony, Sullurpeta town, Chittoor District '\ . . .Petitioner/Accused No.3 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP, Amaravati ...Respondent Petition under section 482 of BNSS, 2023 is filed praying that l'n the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds of criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant anticjpatory bail to the Petitioner/Accused No.3 in the event of their arrest in connection with crime No.154 of 2025 d,ated: 10.07.2025 under Sections 80 .(2) r/w 3(5) BNS on the file of sullurpeta police Station, Tirupatj District; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of grounds of criminal petition amd upon hearing the arguments of Sri Sivaprasad Reddy Venati, Advocate for the petitioner and public prosecutor for the Respondent, the court made the following; APHCO10423252025 EELE IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special OrigimaI Jurisdiction) THURSDAY,THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO I cRIM[NAL PETITION NO: 8531/2025 ____ __ _ _ Between : Pokala Lakshmi Alias Manjula '\ AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.SIVAPRASAD REDDY VENATl [3521] ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: I ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity [the BNSS')`by the petitioner/A3 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with crime No.154 of 2025 of Su'Iurpeta Police Station, Tirupati District, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Section 80(2) r/w 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhi{a (for short tthe BNS). I-Tr----ir 2. The case of the prosecution, in a nutshell, is that on 10.07.2025 at about 8.30 hours at Nadendlavarikandriga Village, SuIIurupet Mandal the deceased who is 2nd daughter of defacto complainant committed suicide by hanging herself to the raft of ceiling fan with the help of chunni in view of unbearable harassment of her husband (A1), her mother-in-law(A2) and the petitioner/accused No.3 who is sister-in-law of deceas6d by demand'lng additional dowry and rby suspecting her fidelity and basing on the report of defac-to complainant a case of-crime No.154 of 2025 was registered. 3. Heard learned, counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant I. Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 4. Sri M.Sivaprasad Reddy Venati, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence; she was falsely implicated in this case; she is a woman and to look after her family members; she is ready to abide any conditions to be imposed by this Court; and urged to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner/accused No.3. 5. Per cot,ira, Sri NeelothpaI Ganji, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, opposed in granting of bail stating that investigation is not yet completed; if the petitioner is gr.anted pre-arrest bail, she will interfere in the -.-l`, ----.~-.- investigation, and i± is urged to dismiss the bail pet'[tion, -..--_ .-----`._I_ --``. -_`_'_ '_'-~_'~`''_' -``..--. 6. The petitioner/A3 is the sister-ill-law Of the deceased-Gandhaval.!i Sujatha. Sujatha was the second wife of A1-Acharapuka Su'bbarayulu Setty Rajendra @ Subbarayalasetty Rajendra Prasad. Previously, in 2021, Sujatha t- r.- was married to another person named Kishore, but the marriage was ended in failure due to disputes between them, leading to a divorce. The petitioner, who --..--_` - --_`-. is the deceased's sister-I'n-law and is 36 years old, is married and living separately With her husband I'n BapuJ-i Colony, SuIIurpeta Town, Tirupati District. In the entire report lodged by the de facto complainant, who I--S the maternal uncle of A1, does not mention any direct involvement of the petitioner in abettling the deceased to commit suicide. Additionally, in the suicide note written by the deceased, even jn that also, there is no reference ` - . -- about the petitioner either intentionally aiding or abetting the deceased in '\ committing suicide: 7. Considering the nature and gravity of the allegations leveled against the Petitioner/accused No.3 and her alleged role played in the case, this court deems it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to petitioner/accused No.3, subject to the following stringent conditions: a) ln the' event of arrest of the petitioner/accused No.3, the petitioner/accused No.3 shall be enlarged on bail on executing a Personal bond for a Sum Of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only),with two sureties for the like sum each {o the satisfaction of the arresting police officials; b) The petitioner shall make herself available for investigation as and when r.equired; c) The petitioner shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses; d) The petitioner shall not leave the district limits without the express permission from the Station House Officer concerned. f) The petitioner shall surrender her passport, if any, to the investigating officer. If she claim that she does not has a passport, she shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the Investigating Officer. 8. Accordingly, the Crl'minaI Petitl-on is allowed. I sd/-A.VIJAYA BABU //TRUE COPY// For ASSISTA#REGISTRAR SECTloN OFFICER To, 1. The Sullurpeta Police Station, Tjrupati District. 2. One CC to Sri. Sivaprasad Reddy Venati, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OUT] 4. One spare copy HIGH COURT DR.YLRJ DATED :28/08/2025 '\ ORDER CRLP.No.8531 of 2025 ALLOWED i=