APHC010553552025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10741/2025 Between: 1.MEKALACHERUVU SWATHI, W/O. M. MANOHAR, AGED 32 YRS, R/O. KURUMAMIDI VILLAGE, GANDLAPENTA MANDAL, SRI SATHYA SAI DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh At Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.D PURNACHANDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) by the Petitioner/Accused No.3 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.43 of 2025 of Gandlapenta Police Station, Sri Sathya Sai District, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Section 103(1) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS’). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. The allegation against the Petitioner/Accused No.3 is that she along with Accused Nos.1 & 2 who are her husband and father respectively beat the deceased by name Chennaka Karangareddy with their hands and legs, and as a result, he died. The preliminary chargesheet has been filed. Accused Nos.1 & 2 were arrested and were enlarged on bail. The Petitioner/Accused No.3 is a female aged about 32 years, working as field assistant in NREGS works. L.W.7, who happened to be the eyewitness spoke about the specific overt acts of the Petitioner/Accused No.3. 4. This Court is not inclined to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.3 on pre- arrest bail as there are no merits, inasmuch as there are specific overt acts attributed against the Petitioner. However, the learned Counsel for the Petitioner requests this Court to grant liberty to the Petitioner/Accused No.3 to surrender before the learned Jurisdictional Judge concerned and move an appropriate application for her release before the said Court. 3 5. In the result, the Criminal Petition is disposed of, granting liberty to the Petitioner/Accused No.3 to surrender before the learned jurisdictional Judge concerned within a period of two (02) weeks from the date of receipt of the copy of this order and move an appropriate application before the learned Jurisdictional Judge for enlarging her on bail. The learned Jurisdictional Judge shall endeavour to dispose of the application on its own merits in accordance with law by giving due and sufficient opportunity to both sides and pass appropriate orders within a reasonable period. _______________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 03.11.2025 VTS