APHC010587842024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] THURSDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9526/2024 Between: Akurathi Ramesh ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. ELURU SESHA MAHESH BABU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER:- This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of B.N.S.S., is filed by the petitioner herein seeking to grant anticipatory bail in Crime No.382/2023 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate registered for the offences punishable under Sections 354D IPC and Sections 66-C and 67A of the ITA-2000-2008. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State. 3. Perused the record. On 15.11.2023, a case in Crime No.382/2023 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate was registered for the offences punishable under Sections 354D IPC and Sections 66-C and 67A of the ITA-2000-2008. Having heard both sides, it is seen that all the offences are punishable with imprisonment of seven years and less than seven years. It is, in 2 these circumstances, investigating Police are directed to comply with Section 35(3) of BNSS scrupulously and all the directions given by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the judgment in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar and another1 and other related rulings. 4. With these observations, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, in the Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. ____________________________ JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY Date: 02.01.2025 ASR 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273 3 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9526 OF 2024 Dated 02.01.2025 ASR