■ I* •} IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAV TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3326 OF 2025 Between: Paidi Ravi Kumar, S/o Venkata Rao, Aged 33 years, Occ; Private Employee, R/o. H. No. 12-12B, Visakha-A Colony, Ramalayam Street, Srikakulam-53200. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED No.2 AND The State, Rep. by its Additional Public Prosecutor, Visakhapatnam. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 482 of BNSS, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be Pleased to grant Anticipatory Bail to the Petitioner/Accused No.2 in the event of his arrest before the P.S. Dwaraka m Crime No. 204/2024 U/s 318(41) 336(3), 340(2) BNS 61(2) R/w 3(5) BNSS, on the file of Hon’ble Sessions Judge, Mahila Court at Visakhapatnam. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri C B Adarsh Kumar, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public on behalf of the Respondent The Court made the following: Prosecutor (AP) m APHC010156762025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) •I [3369] ■ ' I*. ■ «■ TUESDAY ,THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T. MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3326/2025 Between: Paid! Ravi Kumar ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.C B ADARSH KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: 1. The Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNSS’), is filed seeking anticipatory bail to the Petitioner/A.2 in Crime No.204 of 2024 of Dwaraka Police Station, Visakhapatnam District. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the offences alleged against the accused are punishable with imprisonment of less than years and prays this Court to direct the Police to follow the procedure contemplated under Section 35(3) of BNSS. seven as 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 less than seven years. 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 BNSS, scrupulously as per the guidelines enunciated in Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and another^ With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. 3. 4. 5. 6. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. SOI- M SRINIVAS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// 1^ SECTION OFFICER To. 1. The Sessions Judge, Mahila Court at Visakhapatnam 2. The Station House Officer, Dwaraka Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate 3. One CC to Sri C B Adarsh Kumar, Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CC's to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati [OUT] 5. Three CD Copies MV AL / HIGH COURT DATED: 06/05/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.3326 of 2025 DISPOSING OFF THE CRIMINAL PETITION