IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI TUESDAY ,THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE (bit PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4282 OF 2025 Between: 1. MOSES KURMA, S/o.Beeraiah aged 45 years, Occ Business, R/o. D.No.28-24-24/1, 1st Floor, A.S.Road, Arundalpet, Vijayawada City-2 NTR District, Erstwhile Krishna District ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANTS under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the Petition circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition the High Court pleased to grant Anticipatory Bail to him by directing the Police to release him on bail in the event of his arrest in connection with Crime No. 40 of 2025 of Gunadala Police Station in the interests of justice This Petition coming on for hearing,upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri PETLURI NAGA RAJU ,Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public <5., Prosecutor (TG/AP) on behalf of the Respondent No. |iQf,th,e Respondent No - .^f^Court made the following ORDER : and of Sri_Advocate i-A / \ f / V. :-r-r- '1 t APHC010200342025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) V' [3369] TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4282/2025 Between: Moses Kurma ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.PETLURI NAGA RAJU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order:- ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of B.N.S.S., is filed by the petitioner herein/A1 seeking to grant anticipatory bail in Crime No.40 of 2025 of Gunadala Police Station, Vijayawada City, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 403, 406, 408 and 420 IPC. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits 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. On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor 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 seven years and undertakes to issue notice under Section 35(3) of the BNSS. 2. 3. 2 4. Heard. Perused the material on record. 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, scrupulously, as per the guidelines enunciated in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar and another^ The petitioner shall comply with the conditions, without any default. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. 5. 6. 1 (2014) 8 see 273 SD/- M.SRINIVAS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE eOPY// SEeTION OFFieER To, 1. The Station House Officer, Gunadala P.S 2. One CC to SRI. PETLURI NAGA RAJU Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi [OUT] 4. THREE CD COPIES PNM TAC — -J > HIGH COURT DATED:06/05/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.4282 of 2025 DISPOSING THE CRLP