APHC010064282023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY,THE EIGHTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1170/2023 Between: Kalaimamani M.C. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. PASALA PONNA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: 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, for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.170 of 2022 on the file of Puttur Police Station, Tirupati District, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 420, 120b of IPC and Section 4 read with 3 of the Prize Chits And Money Circulation Schemes 2 (Banning) Act, 1978 and Section 5 the Andhra Pradesh Protection of Depositors of Financial Establishments Act, 1999. 2. There is no representation for the petitioner for quite long time. Heard the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. It is submitted by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor that the petitioner is now in UAE. The investigation is not completed. 4. There are specific overt acts attributed against the petitioner. There are no merits in this petition to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. Hence, the criminal petition is dismissed. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 08.10.2025 S D P 3 42 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1170 of 2023 Date:08.10.2025 S D P