., E / z, I+ IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MA TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2195 OF 2025 Between.I [3327] 1. Pall Srikanth yadav, s/o.sankar Rao, R/o.D.No. 14-34-20, Angati Dibba, MaharanI'Peta, VI'Sakhapatnam. 2. Kona venkatesh, s/o.Ramarao, R/o.D.No.29-33-6/1, Ja" Road, Gollapalem, vl'sakhapatnam. 3, Botta Ramesh Babu, S/o:Adinarayana, R/o.D.No.54-6-20, Ramalayam Street, Isukathota, vl-sakhapatnam urban. Petitioners/A.20 to A.22 ' AND The State ofA.P, Rep. -B`y its Publl'c Prosecutor, High Court ofA.P., Amaravati, Through station House Officer, Cyber Crl-me Police Station, VI'Sakhapatnam District. Respondent/complainant petition under sections 482 ofBNSS (old 438 of Cr.P.C), praying that in the cl'rcumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to allow the petition and consequently to grant anticl'patory baI-I, directing the Cyber CrI-me Police, Visakhapatnam to release the petitioners involved in crime No. 4 of 2025 of Cyber Crime Police' Station, visakhapatnam in the event of their arrest. The petI'tiOn coming-on for hearl'ng, upon perusing the petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of sri SRAVAN KUMAR NAIDANA, Advocate for the petitioners and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the court made the followI'ng,I Jy THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE KI SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petit-Ion No.2195 of 2025 Order : This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been!filed by the petitioners/A20 to A22, seeking anticipatory bail, in connection with Crime NoI4 of 2025 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioners herein and others for the offences punishable under Sections 111(2), 319(2), 318(4) read with 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 66-C and 66-D of the Information Technology Act, 2000- 2008 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Andhra Pradesh Gaming Act, 1974. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 06.01.2025, on receipt of credible information, the Inspector of Pol'lce, Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam, along with staff, conducted search at FIat No.610, Gayatri Towers, Opp. Water tank and pump house, backside of Polamamba temple, Doctors colony, Pedawaltair, Visakhapatnam and found that A.3 along w'lth A.1, A.2, A,4 and A.5 were conducting offline and online betting. As per the confessional statement of A.3, he used to pool fund for the betting. Upon cts33=> \\` `'.`` I 2 I? verification of mobile phones of A.3, police found total eighty two SuSPiCI'OuS transactions. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners herel'n/A20 to A22 would contend that A3 borrowed the amounts from the petitioners, and in order to evade the payment, he falsely implicated the petitioners into the crime, and the police, during the course of investigation, found transactions made between the petitioners and A3 and are trying to apprehend them. 5. Learned Assistant public prosecutor for the state submits that the petl'tioners/A20 to A22 involved in gaming actl'vities, placing bets I'n lakhs of rupees per game on crl-cket matches and investigatl-on is not yet completed. 6. Heard. perusedthe record. 7l A perusal of the materl'al on record goes to show that the Cyber crime police, on credI'ble information, commenced the investigation on o6.01.2025 and crores of rupees with number of bank accounts, upl transactions including binami and hawala transactions was involved in the case. As rightly contended by the learned counsel for the petitioners, f,rJ-ma /acy'e Section 111(2) of BNS has no applicatI-On l'n respect of the petitioners. This Court, considerI'ng the material on record, the nature of accusation, prlt77a E Eii= j,/>,, 3 f/ /ac/e case and the stage of investigation, is inclined to grant anticipatory' bail to the petitioners/A20 to A22. 8. Accordingly, in the event of arrest of the petitioners herein/A20 to A22 in the above crime, they shall be enlarged on bail on their executing personal bonds for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each with two sureties of the like sum each to the satisfaction of the concerned Arresting Officer. Petitioners shall cooperate With the investigation and they shall make themselves available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required and they shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses. petitioners shall appear before the station House Offlter concerned once in a week i.e., on every saturday between 10.00 AM and 1.00 PM till filing of the charge sheet. 9. The Criminal Petition is, accordingly, allowed. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, Pending in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. t,-----,----9 //TRUE COPY// Sd/- K: 'J.. RA,JA B'ABu ASSISTAN I I-RE£fsTfaAR . Zaeiae-___ SECTloN OFFICER ForA5-Iulnl`..`____ ` -i < / / + To, // 1. The Chief Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Visakhapatnam f32 2. The Station House Officer, Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam 3. OneCCto SRl. SRAVAN KUMAR NAIDANAAdvocate[OPUC] f 4. Two CCs to Publl®c Prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OUT] ; 5. One spare copy KJ E= ^ ,,,,ri 'Jr9-`,.` :` .` \ HIGH COURT SRK,J DATE D.. 27/03/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.2195 of 2025 ALLOWED