APHC010590692024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9554/2024 Between: Kavuru Srinivas ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. CH SRINIVAS 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 seeking to enlarge the petitioner/A2 on anticipatory bail in Crime No.321/2024 of Palakollu Town Police Station, West Godavari District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323 read with IPC, 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(1)(z)(za), 3(2)(va) SC ST POA Act. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State. 3. Perused the record. On 13.12.2024 Crime No.321/2024 of Palakollu Town Police Station, West Godavari District was registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323 read with IPC, 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(1)(z)(za), 3(2)(va) SC ST POA Act. The petitioner alleged to have committed the offences prior to 13.12.2024. Having heard both sides, it is seen that the offences are punishable with imprisonment of seven years and less than seven years. It is, in 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 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: 23.01.2025 RD / TJN 13 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9554 OF 2024 Dated 23.01.2025 RD / TJN