IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1554 OF 2025 Between: Kunchala Krupakar, (A1), S/o Subba Rao, Age 23 years, Private Employee, Cherukuru Village of Ponnaluru Mandal, Prakasam District. ...PETITIONER/PROPOSED ACCUSED 1 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by it's Public Prosecutor, High court of Andhra Pradesh, Nelapadu, Amaravati, Guntur District. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under 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 grant Anticipatory Bail to the Petitioner/Accused-1, in connection with in Crime No.278 of 2024 on the fild of SHO, Ongole 1 Town P.S. under section U/s 318(2), 137(2), r/w 3(5)of BNS dated 14/11/2024, in the event of arrest of the petitioner/Accused-1. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri CH Nagendra Sarma, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor oh behalf of the Respondent The Court made the following ORDER : / ✓ / APHC010072222025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE [3327] PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1554/2025 Between: Kunchala Krupakar ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. OH NAGENDRA SARMA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER:- This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of B.N.S.S., is filed seeking to enlarge the petitioner/A1 on anticipatory bail in Crime No.278/2024 of Ongole I Town Police Station, Prakasam District, registered for the offences punishable u/Sec.318(2), 137(2) read with 3(5) of B.N.S. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State. v\ 2 Perused the record. On 14.11.2024 this crime was registered for 3. the above said offences. The petitioner alleged to have committed the offences prior to 14.11.2024. Having heard both sides, it is seen that the offences are punishable with imprisonment of seven years and less than seven years. It is, in these circumstances, investigating Police are directed to comply with Section 35(3) of BNSS scrupulously and all the directions given by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the judgment in Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and other related rulings. With these observations, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. 4. Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, in the Criminal Petition shall stand closed. SOI- P.U.V.BHASKARA RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SEenON OFFICER To The Station House Officer, Ongole I Town Police Station, Prakasam District. 1. 2. One CC to Sri. Ch Nagendra Sarma Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CC's to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati [OUT] Three CD Copies 4. SAM TAC —. \ / \ HIGH COURT DATED:20/02/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.1554 of 2025 ANOTyJ^ yo 2 8 FEB 2C:5 /3C . Current Section ^ t.t DISPOSING OF THE CRLP