iiiii=esfl1 I+ lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAV THURSDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF FEB TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: <'.'i THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDD CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1457 OF 2025 Between : Lagudu Ravi Kumar, S/o Muthyala Naidu, aged 47 years, R/o Flat No.610, Gayathr-I Towers, Opposite Water Tank & Pump house, back side of Polamamba temple, Doctors Colony, Pedawaltair, Visakhapatnam. Petitioner/Accused No.3 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, (SHO, Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate) Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh Buildings At Amaravati. RespondenVComplainant Petition under Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS (Old Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C), praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner/A3 on bail in connection with Crime No. 4 of 2025 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri THOTA ASHOK KUMAR, Advocate for the Petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the Court made the following; THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1457 OF 2025 ORDER: This crl'minal petition, under sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the Petitioner/A3, seeking bail, in Crime No.04 of 2025 of Cyber Crime police station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner and others for the offences punishable under Sections 111 (2), 319(2), 318(4) read with 61 (2) B.N.S and Section 66-C, 66-D of I.T.A.-2000 and Sections 3 and 4 of the A.P. Gaming Act. 3. Case of the prosecutl'on in brief, is that on o6.01.2025, on receipt of credible information, S.I. of police, cyber crime police station, Visakhapatnam along with staff conducted search at Flat No.610, Gayatri Towers, Opp. Water tank and pump house, backside of Polamamba temple, Doctors Colony, Pedawaltair, visakhapatnam and found that A3 along with A1, A2, A4 and A5 conducting offline and online betting. As per the confessional statement ofA3, he used to pool fund for the betting. Upon verification of mobile phones of A3, police found a total eighty two suspicious transactions. The petitioner was arrested on 07.01.2025 and got remanded to judicial custody. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that all the accused in the present crime are involved in gaming activitl-es, placing bets in lakhs of rupees per game on cricket matches and investigation is not yet completed. {- I 2 6, A perusal of the material available on record goes to showthat the I, cyber cr''me police, on credible information, commenced the investjgatl'on on o6,01.2025 and the case I'S Online Cricket bettI'ng I-nVOMng crores of rupees with number of bank accounts, upl transactions includl'ng bI-nami and hawala transactl'ons. As rI'ghtly contended by the learned counsel for the petI'tl'Oner, Pr/-ma fact-e SectI'On 111(2) of B,N-S, has no appll'cation I-n respect Of the Petitl'Oner. Thl-s court, considering the material on record, the nature of accusation, A"'ma racJ-e Case and stage of I-nVestigatI-On, jS inCll-ned tO entertain the bal'I applicatI'On of A3. 7, ln vI'eW Of the aforesaid facts and cl'rcumstances of the case, this court is l'nclined to grant baH to the petitI'Oner hereI-n, On the following COnditI-OnS. (i) The petitioner herein/A3 shall be released on hl-s executI-ng a personal bond for Rs.10,000/_ (Rupees ten thousand only) wl-th two suretI®eS for a ll'ke sum each to the satI'SfaCtl'On Of the Chl-ef JudI'Cial Magl'strate, vl-sakhapatnam,I (ii) on release, the petl-tl-oner shaH appear before the statI'On House officer concerned once in a week l'.e. on every sunday between 10.00 a.m. and o5.00 p.m., tl'll filing of charge sheet, 8. Accordingly, the crl'minal petl'tion l's allowed S^9l_-sK MD - _\\ AS s I ST-A-fi+ RAFl g S TR3AR |,-----h- //TRUE COPY// _`-IIUN OFFICER ForASSISIAN..`_ 1. The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Visakhapatnam 2. The Superintendent, Central Jail , Visakhapatnam 3. The S.H.O., Cyber Crime Police Station, VisakhaPatnam Commissionerate ne cc to sRl. THOTA ASHOK KUMAR Advocate [OPUC] wo CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP [OUT] OFO +IO'® spare COPY Fi',i,,.i..'.I I HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED..13/02/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.1457 of 2025 ALLOWED f= /\|-_ __ .a_ l\5 EEB1" _=- i