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2025 DAILYLAW 5311 (AP)

YEDDU LAKHSMI v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

CRLP/950/2025 · 2025-02-07

K Sreenivasa Reddy

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/I .I y +4/ A /, + lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR FRIDAY ,THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 950 OF 2025 Between.I AND REDDY [3327] / yEDDU LAKHSMl, C/o Late Sanyasjrao, Aged about 34 Years, R/o D.No.13-1285/1, Rajeev Nagar, ArI®lOVa, Visakhapatnam. Petl-tioner/Accused No.1 THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra pradesh., at Amaravatl-. Respo'ndent petition under section 480 & 483 of BNSS / Under section 437 & 439 of cr,p.c is filed praying that jn the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed jn support of the criminal petI'tI'On, the HI'gh Court may be pleased to ENLARGE THE PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO.1 ON BAIL to in crime No.313 of 2024 of IV Town Police Station, vl-sakhapatnam comml-SSI-Onerate. The petI'tiOn/Appeal coming on for hearing, upon perusI-ng the Petitl'on and the grounds filed l'n support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of sri PHANI BABU YALAMANCHILI Advocate for the petitioner, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) for the Respondent and the court made the following. APHCO10043762O25 lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 950 of 2025 Between : yeddu Lakhsmi ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State OfAndhra Pradesh H.RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. PHANI BABU YALAMANCHILI counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: 1. The Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagar-lk Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is filed on behalf of the petitioner/accused No.1 seeking regular bail in Crime No.313 of 2024 of lV Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate. =5Zz` i;- r,z-,,' r -S / 2. A case has been reglstered agalnSt the petltIOner and another for the offence punlshable under sectIOn 143(1) of BNS and sections 3(1), 4(1), 5(1) (a) of PIT Act. 3. caseofthe prosecutlon ISthat, on 12122024 atabout o520 pm, the Inspector of polICe, lV Town p s, receIVed lnformatIOn about running brothel house at D.No 49-37-6, G-1, 'VS Arcade, NGGOs colon, Akkayyapalem, v,sakhapatnam lmmedlately, he secured presence of hl's staff and mediators and rushed to the spot, where police caught the accused No.1. On questionlng her, she disclosed her detalls and stated that she was organjzl'ng prostl-tut,Ion wlth known ladies. 4. Heardbothsl'des. 5. A perusal of the materlal goes to show that the petjt,-oner was organI'Zlng brothel house at vl|sakhapatnam The petI'tl-oner was arrested on 12.12.2024 and sl'nce then, she js in judicial remand. 6. The learned Asslstant pubIIC Prosecutor subm,ts that major |-\~+ _I \| part of the l®nvestl'gatl®on I-S completed but for accused. arrest of the co- 7. Merely because the co-accused has not been petI'tI'Oner need not be detained Ion ja" forever. `\ arrested, the ngEEEEE 8. ln view of the aforesaid reasons, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner/accused No. 1 herein, on the following conditions. (i) The petitioner/accused No.1 herein shall be released on her executing a personal bond for Rs.10,000/ (Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, at Visakhapatnam. (ii) On release, the petitioner/accused No.1 shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned once in a week i.e., on every Sunday between 10.OO a.m. and 05.00 p.m., till filing of the charge-sheet. .9. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed, //TRUE COPY// SD/- P.VINOD KUMAR ASSISTANT £:,E?jliTRAR SECTION OFFICER FcH ^OOI-I ^N I r{|ulS rRAR Tot 1. The I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam. 2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Visakhapatnam. 3. The S.H.O., lV Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate. 4. One CC to SRI. PHANI BABU YALAMANCHILI Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor (AP) High Court ofA.P., Amaravati [OUT]. 6. One spare copy r/ I- \ HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED : 07/02/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.950 of 2025 ALLOWED I ;iff` rg ;+;''.FT -<,;,: ..I #i 'flu FEB n,r}l&`!5 -JQ', I iL €,, t.. L ~:-_ y ----_ -_.---:,\--.:-\ --