'i APHC010448112025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8999 OF 2025 Between: Kasula Peda Guravaiah, S/o. China Pullaiah, Aged 55 years, Occ: Sarpanch, R/o. Yerraobanapalli village Yadavalli Grampanchayat, Kanigiri Mandal, Prakasam District. ...Petitioner AND The State of Andhra Pradesh Station House Officer, Hanumanthunipadu Police Station, Prakasam District, Rep.by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, at Amaravati. ...Respondent Petition under Section 482 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to Grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner and release the event of his arrest Hanumanthunipadu Police Station. him in or surrender if FIR is registered by the > Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI KOTI REDDY IDAMAKANTI Counsel for the Respondent: ASSISTANT PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following order: APHC010448112025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8999/2025 Between: Kasula Peda Guravaiah ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: Koti Reddy Idamakanti Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: Public Prosecutor The Court made the following: ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the Assistant Public Prosecutor. 2. The petitioner who was arraigned as Accused No.7 has approached this Court without filing an application before the learned Sessions Judge concerned seeking for grant of pre-arrest bail at the first instance. The Hon’ble Apex Court in Mohammed Rasa! v. State of Kerala^ held that though the High Court has got the concurrent jurisdiction to entertain an 3. Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s).6588 of 2025 Dr.V Crl.P.No.8999 of 2V Dated 15.09.20^ that discretionary relief has to be or in special cases. No such thing application for grant of anticipatory bail granted only in extraordinary circumstances is established in this case. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner seeks liberty for withdrawal of the criminal petition and filing a similar application before the learned Judge concerned for his remedy. Sessions 5. in view of the above facts and circumstances of the case, the Criminal Petition is disposed of giving liberty to the petitioner to approach learned Sessions Judge within a period of one (01) week from this day and move an The learned Sessions Judge shall make on its own merits in accordance application for grant of pre-arrest bail. every endeavor to dispose of that application with law by giving sufficient opportunity to the learned Public Prosecutor concerned and dispose of the application within three (03) days. Until filing of an application withinm one (01) week from this day, no coercive steps shall be taken against the petitioner. If the petitioner does not chose to file an pre-arrest bail before the learned Sessions investigation officer is at liberty to proceed in application seeking for grant of Judge within one (01) week, the i accordance with law. Sd/- K KASIRAO ACHARI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// // af- SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Station House Officer, Hanumanthunipadu Police Station Prakasam District. h: 2. One CC to SRI. KOTI REDDY IDAMAKANTI, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to the PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] // 4. Two CD Copies SRL vna ! HIGH COURT DATED: 15/09/2025 \ ORDER CRLP NO. 8999 OF 2025 M I ^ SEP 2025 j|, DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION