\` IN THE HIGH COUR-T OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl I? FRIDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: .'\I,;I •fa;i THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPJ ft-#`. CRIMINAL PETITION NO.I 9527 OF 2024 Betwee n : Miryala Bala Chandrudu, S/o Siva Rama Krl'shna, Occ: Working in Army, R/o Door No. 7-200, Sripuram Village, Medikonduru MandaI, Guntur District. ...Petitioner/Accused No.1 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, 'Represented by its public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amafavathi. ..,Respondent Petition under section 438 of Cr.P.C & New Section 482 of BNSS, is filed prayl-ng that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed in support of the criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner, Al on bail in the event of his arrest in connection with FIR.No.205 of 2016 on the file of Medl'konduru police station, Guntur District. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusI®ng the Petl'tion and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri P.MaI]ikharjuna Rao, Advocate for the petl'tioner and of public prosecutor for the Respondent, the court made the followI-ng ORDER The instant criminal petition, u/s.438 of the code of criminal procedure,1973 has been filed by the petitioner/Accused No.1, seekl'ng to release the petitioner on ba" in the event of theI|r arrest in connection with FIR No.205 of 2016 on the file of Medikonduru poll-ce Station, Guntur District registered for the offences punishable under sectI-OnS 498-A and 306 I/w 34 IPC. 2. TheCaseofthe prosecutI.On in briefisthaton 18.ll.2016 at9.30am in which the complal'nant pambam Aruna w/o. prabhakar resident of sI'rI|Puram Vl'llage, Medjkonduru Mandal came to poII'Ce station,and presented a report stating that on 17.ll.2016 at 10.30 pm the deceased by name Miriayala Anusha w/o Bala Chandrudu consumed pesticl'de poison at her parental house due to harassment by her husband and in-laws and abetment by them to commit suicide. Hence the crime. 3. Heard srI-P.Ma"ikharjuna Rao, learned counsel for the petI-tiOner and sri c.p.somayaji, learned Assistant public Prosecutor on behalf of the state. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submI-I that the petitioner is workI'ng lan army. Unfortunately the death of the wife of the petl'tI®Oner happened at her parental house. The petitl'oner has nothI|ng to do with the offence and the crime is of the year 2016. The police could not file charge sheet as on the date. Investigation l's completed, Learned counsel would further submit that the petitioner is ready to ex.ecute the two sureties to the satisfaction of the Jr, concerned Magistrate. Learned counsel would finally prays to allow the petition. 5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that investigation is completed. The police COuld not file the charge sheet in this matter because the petitioner has not been arrested. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would further submit that Court may pass appropriate orders. 6. Considering the SubmiSSiOnS made and Since the Crime OCCurred in the year 2016, it is a fact that the PetitiOner'S Wife died at her Parental house. This is not the stage to decide culpability by accepting the allegations, as there is no occasion for the petitioner to tamper with the evidence. Additionally, custodial interrogation iS not required in this Case. Therefore, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail. 7. ln that view, this COurt iS inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner on the fo"owing conditions: i. The Petitioners Shall Surrender before the concerned Magistrate court, within 10 days from today and Shall furnish a Personal bond for Rs.20,000/-(Rupees twenty thousand only) with two Sureties for the like sum each, tO the Satisfaction Of concerned Magistrate Court; (ii) The Petitioner shall be available for investigation aS and when required by the lnvestI'gating Officer; (iii) The Petitioner shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the present case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the court or to any Investigating or Police Officer. (iv) In case of viplatiOn Of any Of the above conditions, the prosecution is at liberty to take necessary steps for cancellation of the bail. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition iS allowed. consequently, miscellaneous applications Pending, if any, Shall stand closed. To, I sD/-U.SRI DEVl //TRUE COPY// ASSISTANTffilSTRAR SECTION OFFICER 1. The Ill Additional Sessions Judge, Guntur. 2. The Station House Officer, MedI'kOnduru Police Station, Guntur Distrl-ct. 3. One CC to SRI P.MALLIKHARJUNA RAO, Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two cos topuBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of A.P., Amaravati. [ouT] 5. One spare copy. PSD JP a ~.. .-. ,_ 2 a l3ELN ltt15 HIGH COURT VJP,J DATED : 1 O/01 /2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.9527 of 2024 ALLOWED _.`