1 APHC010493312025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY,THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9715/2025 Between: Koyya Ramkrishna ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9723/2025 Between: Onumu Srinu, ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. Durga Sree Devi Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. Public Prosecutor 2. V Sai Kumar 3. Legal Aid The Court made the following: 2 COMMON ORDER: These two criminal petitions, which were taken up for hearing analogously, are being disposed of by this common order as they arise out of the same crime. 2. The Criminal Petitions have been filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 1 seeking to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 on bail in connection with Crime No.308 of 2025 of Bheemunipatnam Police Station, Visakhapatnam, was registered against the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 herein for the alleged offence punishable under Sections 64(2)(m), 318(2), 115(2), 79, 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, 20232 on the allegation that the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 are insulting a woman's modesty. 2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioners, learned Legal Aid Counsel for the 2nd respondent and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. The learned counsels for the petitioners submit that the petitioner were arrested on 19.08.2025. They have been the judicial custody for the past 57 days. The allegations against the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2 are that they had contacted the de facto complainant, a married woman, on different occasions and gained access to her confidence. It is alleged that they maintained separately an extra-marital relationship with her. The de facto complainant further alleges that, against her will and consent, the petitioners, on several occasions, threatened her and had sexual intercourse with her. 1 The BNSS 2 The BNS 3 They also allegedly threatened that if she did not yield to their demands, they would inform her husband about the relationship. 4. It is further alleged that Petitioner/Accused No.1 took personal photographs and videos of the de facto complainant and threatened to post them on social media and share them with her husband. Under such threats, he is said to have forcibly subjected her to sexual intercourse on multiple occasions. The petitioners are also alleged to have beaten the de facto complainant indiscriminately, and the said incident was videographed and circulated among several villagers through a WhatsApp group. 5. It is further alleged that Petitioner/Accused No.2 showed to husband of de-facto complainant a video in which he and the de facto complainant were in intimate positions. Subsequently, the husband of the de facto complainant confronted her regarding the same. Unable to bear the harassment and torture from the petitioners, the de facto complainant attempted to commit suicide after writing a letter stating that the petitioners were responsible for her death. However, her attempt was thwarted when her children noticed and raised an alarm, following which her husband intervened and rescued her. 6. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that, so far, only seven witnesses have been examined and the investigation is still in progress. It is also submitted that there exists a threat to the life and safety of the de facto complainant at the hands of the petitioners. Considering that the investigation is at a crucial stage and several more witnesses are yet to be examined, this Court is of the opinion that the request of the petitioners to enlarge them on 4 bail at this juncture is not found convincing or reasonable. Hence the Criminal Petition is liable to be dismissed. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the gravity and nature of the allegations leveled against the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2, this Court is not inclined to grant pre-arrest bail to the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 2. 8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petitions are dismissed for the present. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 15.10.2025. KMS 5 97 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NOs: 9715 and 9723 OF 2025 15.10.2025 KMS