IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 501 OF 2025 Betwee n : 1. Sri. Mannepalli Chaithanya, S/o. Raju, Aged about 31 years, R/o. H.No.28-1052-76-C2 Devanagar, Nandyala Town and MandaI, Nandyala Distrl'ct. 2. Sri. Mannepalli Raju, S/o. Deval®ah, Aged about 55 years, R/a. H.No.28- 1052-76-C2 Devanagar, Nandyala Town and MandaI, Nandyala District. 3. Sri. Mannepalli Suseelamma, S/o. Raju, Aged about 48 years, R/o. H.No.28-1052-76-C2, Devanagar, Nandyala Town and Mandal, Nandyala District. Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, Hl'gh Court at Amaravathi Through S.H.O., Jaladurgam P.S., Nandyala District. Respondent Petl-lion under section 482 of BNSS, 2023 is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the HI®gh Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioners/Accused Nos. 1 to 3 on bail in the event of theI'r arrest by the Respondent Jaladurgam p.s., Nandyala District in Crime No.13/2024, dated 25.01.2024- - The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petitI'On and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SrI® GAJJALA MALLIKARJUNA REDDY Advocate for the Petitioners and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent, the court made the following `I`...,.. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 501 of 2025 ORDER: The Criminal Petition, u/See.482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha sanhita, 2023, is filed on behalf of the petitioners/Al to A3 to grant anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.13/2024 of Jaladurgam Police Station, Nandyal District. 2. A case has been registered the petitioners initially for the OffenCeS punishable under sections 498-A, 506 read with 34 IPC and 3 and 4 of Dowry Proh'lbition Act, and later Sections 3O7 and 120B IPC were added basing on the statement of defacto complainant. 3. Case of the prosecution 'ln brief is that'. prior to 25.01.2024, at the house of the accused in Devanagar, Nandyal Town, Al to A3 harassed the defacto complainant physically and mentally for getting additional dowry and also threatened her with dire consequences. on o5.01.2024, Al to A3 tried to kill her by pressing her face with a pillow and hence the defacto complainant lodged the report. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5. Learned Assistant Public prosecutor submits that the investigation iS still pending and some more witnesses are yet to be examined. jE# eE± Ei- 6. A perusal of the materlal avallable on record goes ___.._~.~ vH It=uUra goes to show that on o5 012024 at about 2 00 pm, when the defacto complalnant was sleeplng, lt IS alleged that a" the accused consplred together and trI'ed to kI" the defacto complalnant by pressl'ng her face vAth a plllow. Though the sald lnCldent sald to have taken place on o5 01 2024, the defacto complajnant dld not file any complaI'n{, and at a belated stage ,.e on 25.012024, the present report has been regl'stered agamst the accused 1 to 4 for the offences under sectl'ons 498-A, 506 read wl|th 34 lPC and 3 and 4 of the Dowry prohl'bltl|on Act Later baslng on her statement of the defacto complalnant, the police added sect,Ions 307 and 120B IPC. There ls no any explanatlon as to why so much delay has occurred Ion fill'ng the report. In vl'ew of the aforesal-d facts and c,'rcumstances, this court l's l'nclmed to conslder the prayer of the petitioners for antI'CI'Patory bail. 7 Accordlngly, ln the event of thel'r arrest wlth regard to th,s crl-me, petitl-oners/Al to A3 sha" be released on ba" on theI-r executing a personal \J _-I_ _I __. ._. bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only) each wI'th two suretleS for the I!'ke sum each to the satI'Sfactlon of the arrest,'ng poll-ce offic,'als and also on conditI'On that the petI-tIOners sha" make themselves avaI'able for lnvestl'gatlon as and when requlred and that they sha" no cause any threat, I'nducement or promise to the prosecutl®on wl'tnesses, Ei=- tJ--t| The petitioners shall appear before the station House Officer concerned, once in a week i.e. on every sunday between 10.00 a.m. and 05.00 p.m., till filing of the charge-sheet. 8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. SD/- k.SRINIVASA RAJU ASSISTANT RE SECTION TRAR /ITRUE COPY// To, 1. The Court of Sessions Judge, Kurnool. 2. The Station House Officer, Jaladurgam P.S., Nandyala District. 3. One CC to SRl. GAJJALA MALLIKARJUNA REDDY Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] 5. One spare copy ER \. I- HIGH COURT SRK, J DATED : 28/01 /2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.501 of 2025 ALLOWED .i-#`-hEi#±--i` EIRE |l !''l¥ ,3lfi iJAN lSE5 }\ ,` F+I I. €..` =`+ p E lrj