APHC010591812025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11463/2025 Between: Changanti Jyothsna ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. V.RAVINDHAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 20231 by the Petitioner /Accused for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.354 of 2017 of MVP Police Station, Visakhapatnam City, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 66 and 66C of the Information Technology Act, 20002. 1 the BNSS 2 the IT Act 2 2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. As seen from the record, the de-facto complainant lodged a report on 10.09.2017 against the petitioner, a 32-year-old female Software Engineer, alleging that someone had misused her internet banking account by hacking it and transferring an amount of Rs. 18,750/- to an Axis Bank account in Chennai. The account number was also mentioned, and it is traceable to the petitioner’s account. The de-facto complainant further alleged that the incident occurred twice once for Rs. 18,000/- on 25.08.2017 and again for Rs. 750/- on 31.08.2017. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there were several financial transactions between the petitioner and the de-facto complainant, as both are friends, and that the husband of the petitioner had an earlier affair with the de-facto complainant. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that it is alleged by the de-facto complainant that the petitioner carried out unauthorized transactions amounting to Rs. 18,750/- (18,000 + 750) from her account to the petitioner’s account. 5. The record further reveals that the petitioner had allegedly obtained multiple loans by fraudulent means to the tune of Rs. 16,91,380/- from HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, IIFL Ratna Motors, and Bajaj Finance Services by using the PAN card and personal information of the complainant. 6. The petitioner filed Crl.M.P.No.12254 of 2017 before the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad, wherein the High Court directed the police to follow 3 the procedure contemplated under Section 41-A of the Cr.P.C. and the guidelines issued by the Hon’ble Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar. The FIR was lodged in the year 2017, and nearly seven years have now elapsed. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the gravity and nature of the allegation levelled against the Petitioner/Accused, this Court is inclined to grant pre-arrest bail to the Petitioner/Accused. 8. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: i. In the event of arrest of the Petitioner/Accused she shall be enlarged on bail subject to her executing a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only), with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the arresting police officials; ii. The Petitioner/Accused shall make herself available for investigation as and when required; iii. The Petitioner/Accused shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses; iv. The Petitioner/Accused shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned once in a week i.e., on every Saturday between 10.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m., till filing of the charge sheet. v. The Petitioner/Accused shall not leave the State of Andhra Pradesh limits without the express permission from the Station House Officer concerned. vi. The Petitioner/Accused shall surrender her passport, if any, to the investigating officer. If she claims that she does not have a passport, she shall submit affidavits to that effect to the Investigating Officer. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 18.11.2025. KMS 4 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11463 OF 2025 18.11.2025 KMS