IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI ^ MONDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER.^" TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12105 OF 2025 % ■o O}, <« ■y >l‘!A i'X ! . Yj ’l!kW i Between: Sri Pebbili Ravi Kumar, D.No.18-175 Visakhapatnam. Prahaladapuram, Simhachalam, 1 ...Petitioner/Accused No.1 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep., by its Public Prosecutor Amaravathi. High Court at ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 482 of BNSS, thfHlnh r® filed in support of the Criminal Petition, Arri^J^H ^ pleased to grant Anticipatory Bail to the Petitioner/1 ccused rn connection with the Crime No. 498/2025 dt 18-11-2025 of Muvvaiayanipalem P.S., Visakhapatnam by directing the Muwalavanipalem P.S., Visakhapatnam to Release the Petitioner / 1*< Accused in the event of his Arrest by Allowing the Criminal 1A NOMOF2025 praying that in the circumstances S.H.O., of Petition. stated inr ‘I’® circumstances stated the memorandum of grounds filed In support of the petition the Hiah’ Court may be pleased to grant an Interim Protection to tl^ Pe«iirer dirSt'h^e S H O -f^T^'-anipalem P.S., Visakhapatnam by A ^ to take any Coercive Steps against the Petitioner /1®* Accused, Pending disposal of CRLP 12105 of 2025, on the file of the High St /1 The Petition on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and arguments of SRI RAVURI LEELA SAI SAMPATH Advocate and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, following and the upon hearing the for the Petitioner, for the Respondent, the Court made the HC010629552025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12105/2025 Between: 1.PEBBILI RAVI KUMAR, D. NO. 18-175, PRAHALADAPURAM SIMHACHALAM, VISAKHAPATNAM. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep., by its Public Prosecutor High Court at Amaravathi. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. RAVURI LEELA SAI SAMPATH 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.1 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.498 of 2025 of Muvvanipalem Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, registered for the alleged offence punishable under ^ 2 Sections 406, 420 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity ‘the I.P.C’). 2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that offences with which the Petitioner has been arraigned are all punishable below seven years of imprisonment. Therefore, the Investigating Officer would follow the provisions of under Section 35(3) of ‘the BNSV41-A of ‘the Cr.P.C.,’ and also directions issued in the cases of Arnesh Kumar v. State of Blhar^ and Md.Asfak Alam v. the State of Jharkhand^. Nevertheless, a learned Single Judge of this Court in Crl.P.No.12098 of 2025 granted the relief to the wife of the Petitioner, who was arraigned Accused No.2 that the police should not take any coercive steps against Accused No.2. 4. as The Hon’ble Apex Court in Delhi Race Club (1940) Ltd v. State of Uttar Pradesh^ and also in Arshad Neyaz Khan v. State of Jharkhand"^, observed that the criminal breach of trust and cheating cannot go together. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, gravity and nature of the allegations levelled against the Petitioner/Accused No.1, this Court is inclined to grant pre-arrest bail to the Petitioner/Accused No.1. 6. '(2014) 8 see 273 2(2023) 8 see 632 2 Crl.A.No.3114 Of 2024 dated 23.08.2025 ^ 2025 see OnLine SC 2058 3 7. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions; In the event of arrest of the Petitioner/Accused No.1, he shall be enlarged on bail subject to he executing a self-bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the arresting police officials. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall make himself available for investigation as and when required. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall surrender his passport, if any, to the investigating officer. If he claims that he does not have passport, he shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the Investigating Officer. I. ill. IV. SD/-SK MD RAFI DEPUTY REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Station House Officer, Muvvalavanipalem Visakhapatnam District 2. One CC to SRI. RAVURI LEEI_A SAI SAMPATH Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCS to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 4. One spare copy Police Station, PSR HIGH COURT DR.YLR,J DATED:24/11/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.12105 of 2025 Allowed