IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE : PRESENT: HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12065 OF 2025 Between: Kothuri Venu Gopal Rao, S/o. Venkateswarlu, Aged about 57 years, R/o. D.No.2-15-57/3, Flat No.204, Sindhu Apartment, Rajagari Kota, Narasaraopet, Palnadu District Petitioner/Accused No.10 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by the Station House Officer, Ongole Taluka Police Station, Prakasam District, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 438 of Cr.P.C/442 of BNSS is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the Respondent to enlarge the Petitioners on bail in the event of his arrest in Crime No.292/2025 of Ongole Taluk Police Station, Prakasam District Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri Syed Arif Bahsa Counsel for the Respondent: Public Prosecutor THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING ORDER 1 APHC010627562025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12065/2025 Between: Kothuri Venu Gopal Rao ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.SYED ARIF BASHA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 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 No. 10 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.292 of 2025 of Ongole Taluka Police Station, Prakasham District, registered for the alleged offence punishable under Sections 318(4) and 316(5) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘the BNS’) and Section 5 of A.P. Proteation of Depositors Establishment Act, 1999. ,.2 Perused the record. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the 2. learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. A case in Crime No.115 of 2025 of Satyanarayanapuram Police Station 3. Vijayawada, was registered for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4) and 316(5) read with 3(5) of the BNS against the petitioner, who was shown as Accused No.3. A similar case was registered against the petitioner, arrayed as Accused No. 10, in Crime No.292 of 2025 of Ongole TaJuka Police Station Prakasam District. This Court, in CrI.P. No.8787 of 2025, enlarged the petitioner, who was arrayed as Accused No.3 on bail with certain stringent conditions on 12.09.2025, on the ground that his health condition was pitiable and alarming. The medical records filed in Crime No.115 of 2025 were confirmed as genuine by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. The petitioner had undergone his first surgery in the year 2017, and a second heart surgery was performed on him in 2025. This Court observed that he is a heart patient. In fact, based on the confession of Accused No.1 in tbe present crime, the petitioner was arrayed as an accused No. 10. Considering the health condition of the petitioner and facts and 4. circumstances, the gravity and nature of the allegations levelled the Petitioners, this Court is inclined to grant pre-arrest bail to the Petitioner/ Accused No. 10. 3 result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following 5. In the conditions: In the event of arrest of the Petitioner/ Accused No. 10, he shall be enlarged on bail subject to he executing bond for a sum of Rs.2,00,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the arresting police officials; The Petitioner/ Accused No. 10 shall make himself available for investigation and appear before the Station House Officer as and when required; The Petitioner/ Accused No. 10 shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses; Petitioner/ Accused No. 10 shall not leave the limits of Andhra Pradesh State and Tamilnadu State without the express permission from the Station House Officer concerned. The learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has already surrendered his passport before the Station House Officer, Satyanarayanapuram Police Station, Vijayawada. I. II. The IV. 6. SD/-B.CHITTI JOSEPH DEPUTY.R^STRAR SEdfioN OFFICER //TRUE COPY// \ To, 1. The Station House Officer, Ongole Taluka Police Station, Prakasam 2. One CC to Sri Syed Arif Basha, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 4. One spare copy HIGH COURT DR.YLR, J DATED: 01/12/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.12065 of 2025 ALLOWED