J '■ IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2071 OF 2025 Between: Donthu Krishna Kanth, (A-5), Proprietor, Sri Krishna Traders, S/o. Donthu Ramasrinivasula Rao, Aged about 33 Years, R/o. H.No. 14/269- 3, Sainath Puram, MydukurTown and Mandel, Y.S.R. Kadapa District. ...Petitioner/Accused No.5 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature at Amaravathi. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 482 of BNSS, circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant anticipatory bail to the Petitioner/Accused No.5 by directing the Station House Officer, Puttur Police Station, Tirupathi District or any arresting officer to enlarge him on bail in the event of his arrest in connection with Crime No. 166/2024 of Puttur Police Station, Tirupathi District. praying that in the J ¥ This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri A < /Gayatri'Reddy, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor behalf of the Respondent. /I on The Court made the following; APHC010096442025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) B5S [3396] TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2071/2025 Between: Donthu Krishna Kanth ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.AGAYATRI REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: The Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the BNSS, is filed on ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT behalf of the petitioner herein/A5 to grant anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No. 166 of 2024 of Puttur Police Station, Tirupathi District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 314, 316(5) and / 318(4) of the BNS and Section 7(1) of the Essential Commodities Act, / / 1955. Learned counsel for the petitioner, after arguing for some time, has confined his argument to the extent of protecting the petitioner 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 contemplated under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 2. as 2 Dr.VJP.J Crl.P.No.207I of2025 3. On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor did oppose the same and concurred with the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner for the reason that the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven not years. 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 another^ 6. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. 4. T (2014) 8 see 273 Sd/- N NAGAMMA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE eOPY// Br SEGTION OFFieER J 1. The Station House Officer, Puttur Police Station, Tirupathi District. 2. One CC to Smt. A Gayatri Reddy Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CC's to The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati [OUT] 4. Two CD Copies To SAM sree HIGH COURT DATED:18/03/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.2071 of 2025 5 2 6 MAR 2025 g ^ . Current Section DISPOSING OF THE CRLP