IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSANDAND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No: 4222 OF 2025 Between: Konkipudi Satish, S/o. Govinda Rao Aged 40 Years, Palteru Village Payakaraopeta Mandal Visakhapatnam District. ...PETITIONER/A-1 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, (Pendurthy Police Station, Visakhapatnam District) Rep. by the Public Prosecutor. High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 480 & 438 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/A-1 on bail in the event of arrest in connection with in Crime No. 326/2024 of Pendurthy Police Station, Visakhapatnam District. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Ram Babu Devavarapu, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the sole Respondent. The Court made the following ORDER: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4222 OF 2025 > iORDER;- This Criminal Petition u/Sec.482 of B.N.S.S. is filed seeking to enlarge the petitioner/AI on anticipatory bail in Crime No.326/2024 of . -■ Pendurthy Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate registered for the offences punishable under Sections 85 of the B.N.S and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant 2. Public Prosecutor for the State. At the time of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner has 3. confined his request only to order notice under Section 35-3 of B.N.S.S. by following the judgment in Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, stating that the aforesaid offences registered against the petitioner is punishable with less than seven years period of imprisonment. Therefore, in view of the aforesaid request, this Criminal Petition is 4. disposed of, with a direction to the Investigating Officer to follow the procedure contemplated under Section 35-3 of B.N.S.S, scrupulously. Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, in the Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. Sd/- V. DIWAKAR DEPUTY REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SEgfEN-OI^ICER To. 1. The Station House Officer, Pendurthy Police Station, Visakhapatnam District. 2. One CC to Sri Ram Babu Devavarapum Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CC to Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. [OUT] 4. Three CD Copies. Chp CHP HIGH COURT DATED:30/04/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.4222 of 2025 0 6 MW 2025 ^OgSPATC*'^^ tSJ o 3: DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION