APHC010086642025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3369] FRIDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1898/2025 Between: N Nagaraju and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. P M MITHILESHWARA REDDY 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 by the petitioners herein/A3 and A4 seeking to grant anticipatory bail in Crime No.33 of 2025 of RIMS U/G Police Station, Kadapa District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 506, 323, 195(a) and 330 read with 109 IPC. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits 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. 3. 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 2 alleged are punishable with imprisonment of seven years and undertakes to issue notice under Section 35(3) of the BNSS. 4. Heard. Perused the material on record. 5. 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, scrupulously, as per the guidelines enunciated in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar and another1. The petitioners shall comply with the conditions, without any default. 6. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. _____________________________ JUSTICE T.MALLIKARJUNA RAO Date: 02.05.2025 ASR 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273 3 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE T.MALLIKARJUNA RAO Criminal Petition No.1898 of 2025 Date: 02.05.2025 ASR