IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI MONDAY.THE SEVENTEENTHDAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1384 OF 2025 Between: 1. B.B. Appa Rao, S/o. Late Paradesi Naidu, aged about 59 years, R/o. D.No.4-69-17/1 Visakhapatnam District, A.P. 2. B. Satyanarayana, S/o. Late Suryanarayana, aged about 54 years, R/o. D.No.4-69-17/1 Visakhapatnam District, A.P. Law Sons Bay Colony, Visakhapatnam Law Sons Bay Colony, Visakhapatnam, ...Petitioners/Accused No.1 ,2 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ...Respondent Petition under Section 438 of Cr.P.C and Section 482 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused No. 1,2 on bail in the event of their arrest in connection with- Crime No.8/2025 on the file of Parvathipuram Town P.S. Parvathipuram Manyam District for the offence punishable under Sec.420 406, 468, 471 r/w 34 IPC. I.A. NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 438 (1) of Cr.P.C and Section 482 of BNSS under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Meniprandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be ^i'e^sed to grant interim bail to the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1, 2 in Crime No.8/2025 on the file of Parvathipuram Town P.S., Parvathipuram Manyam District for the offence punishable under Sec.420, 406, 468, 471 r/w 34 IPC, until disposal of the main criminal petition. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Srinivasa Rao Narra, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following: % APHC010064182025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION N0.1384 OF 2025 Between: ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) B.B. Appa Rao and another AND The State of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1.SRINIVASA RAO NARRA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioners/A1 and A2, seeking anticipatory bail, in connection with Crime No.8 of 2025 of Parvathipuram Town Police Station, Parvathipuram Manyam district, registered for the offences V 2. punishable under Sections 420, 406, 468 and 471 read with 34 IPC. Learned counsel for the petitioners, after arguing for some time, has confined his argument to the extent of protecting the petitioners herein from the coercive action by the police on the ground that the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years and prays this Court to direct the police to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 2. On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor did not oppose the same and concurred with the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioners for the reason that the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of 3. less than seven years. Heard. Perused the material on record. Since the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years, this Court directs the police to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 4. 5. 3 scrupulously, as per the guidelines enunciated in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar and another^ With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is 6. disposed of. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. 7. T (2014) 8 see 273 Sd/- U SRIDEVI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// ^ran^FFICER 1. The Station House officer, Parvathipuram Town P.S., Parvathipuram Manyam District. 2. One CC to Sri. Srinivasa Rao Narra, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi [OUT] 4. Three CD Copies SE To, Stu sree HIGH COURT DATED:17/02/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.1384 of 2025 I 10 MAR 2025 | ^ . Current Section . DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION