IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI MONDAY ,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE A PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 772 OF 2025 Between: Murali Krishna Reddy Bathula,, S/o Venkata Reddy, age 35 years, R/o Gannavaram, Flat No. TF-3, D.No. 20-1051, Nearndra Enclave, Hosanna Temple beside Road, Enamalakuduru, Vijayawada Rural, Krishan Dist- 520007. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh, At Amaravathi ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANTS Petition under Section 482 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 direct the station house officer, Polavaram P.S., Eluru District, to release the petitioner/Accuse d on bail in the event of his arrest in connection with crime No. 145/2024 of Polavaram P.S., Eluru District. This Petition coming on for hearing,upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri {' SANTHOSH KUMAR GANJA .Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor (TG/AP) on behalf of the Respondent No.1 j The Court made the following ORDER : .f >■ * .1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH ATAMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY rpiMLMAI PETITION NO-772 OF 2025 APHC010037442025 [3327] MONDAY, THE Between: Murali Krishna Reddy Bathula ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT The State of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused. 1.SANTHOSH KUMAR GANJA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: I.PUBbIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya has been filed by the , in connection with of Polavaram Police Station, Eluru Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 petitioner/Accused, seeking anticipatory bail Crime No. 145 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections district. 2 319(2), 318(4), 336(3) and 340(2) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Learned counsel for the petitioner, after arguing for some time, has confined his argument to the extent of protecting the petitioner herein from the coercive action by the police on the ground that the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years and prays this Court to direct the police to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 2. On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor 3. did not oppose the same and concurred with the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner for the reason that the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years. Heard. Perused the material on record. 4. Since the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years, this Court directs the police to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 5. ir 3 scrupulously, as per the guidelines enunciated in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar and another^ With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is 6. disposed of. 7. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. 1 (2014) 8 see 273 SDI- N.NAGAMMA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR iv //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The SHO, Polavaram P.S Eluru, District. 2. One CC to SRI. SANTHOSH KUMAR GANJA Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh at ArfiaravathF[OUT] 4. THREE CD COPIES TAC HIGH COURT DATED:17/02/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.772 of 2025 I 0 7 MAR 2025 | Currem Section . ^ t? DISPOSING OF THE CRLP PETITION