WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF JAN TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 435 OF 2025 Betwee n : Shaik Salman, S/o Rahmath Basha, Aged about 26 years, R/o D.No.1- 373, Nakka Gopal Nagar Kothuru, Nellore Mandal and District. ...Petitioner/Accused AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by it's Public Prosecutor, Through station House Officer, Pendurthi Police Station, Visakhapatnam District ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 480 & 483 of BNSS, 2023 is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in memorandum of grounds of criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge/release the petitioner herein/ Accused on regular bail in Crime No. 555 of 2024 of Pendurthi Police Station, Visakhapatnam district dated 18.ll.2024; The petl'tion coming on fo'r hearing, upon perusing the petition and memorandum of grounds of criminal petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Shaik Asif, Advocate for the Petitioner and Pirblic Prosecutor for the Respondent; r~ HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petition No[435 of 2025 Order: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the BNSS, has been filed by the petitioner/accused, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.555 of 2024 of Pendurthy Police Stat|lon, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 376 and 417 IPC. 2. It is a case of sexual intercourse with the victim by the accused on the pretext of love and marriage and thereby, cheating the defacto complainant. 3. Heard. Perused the record. 4. A perusal of the material on record goes to show that the petitioner herein, on the pretext of marring the defacto complainant, had gone phys'lcal with her from January, 2024. It has been stated by the defacto complairiant that in the month of August 2024, the petitioner herein stated that he is already marr'led and the said fact has been knovyn to the defacto complainant. Despite the sa'ld fact, the defacto complainant, being a major, had gone physical with the petitioner herein. Moreover, the petitioner herein was arrested on 26.ll.2024 and since then he has been languishing in jail. It is submitted by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor that major portion of the investigation has been completed. czz2ppii/ \_i 2 f/ 5. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to consider request of the petitioner herein for grant of bail. 6. Accordingly, the criminal petition is allowed. The petitioner herein shall be released on bail on his executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned VII Additional Judicial Magistrate of First class, Visakhapatnam. petitioner shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned every sunday between 10.00 AM and 5.00 PM till filing of the charge sheet. Sd,- N. tNAdAfr"A TA IJ®-_ ASSISTANT R GISTRAR //TRUE COPY// Fol OFFICER Tot 1. The VII AddI'tiOnaI Judicial First Class Magistrate at Visakhapatnam. 2. The Superintendent, visakhapatnam central Jail, Adivivaram. 3. The Station House Officer, Pendurthi police station, Vl'sakhapatnam District 4. One CC to Sri. Shajk Asif, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OUT] 6. One spare copy \ -.-_ i\ - EE HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED:29/01 /2025 ORDER CRLP.No.435 of 2025 ALLOWED JO jAN !§25 .-_-=S