IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI \Zgr*=,ier---`± THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE ,J :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDD CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2250 OF 2025 u+ `| LYYt;t=[I. 1-Vaka RavrKumar, s/o. MuraH Krishna, Aged about 38 years, Ogri¥ifa:`:i - Betwee n : Panchayath Secretary, R/o. D.No. 6-292, Avanigadda Village and Mandal, Krishna Distrl-ct-521121 \7 V 2. Vaka Murali Krishna, S/o. Rama Kotaiah, Aged about 60 years, Occ Cultivation, R/o.D.No. 6-292, Avanigadda Village and Mandal, Krishna Distrl'ct-521 121- 3. Vaka Manes-wari @ Maheswaramma, W/o. Murali Krishna, Aged about 56 years, Occ House wife, R/o.D.No. 6-292, Avanigadda VI'llage and Mandal, Krishna District-521121 ~ 4. Veeraganii7aralakshmi, w/o. siva Rama Krishna Aged about 43 years, ZEE Occ Employee, R/o. D.No. 17-293/6, Near Sivalayam, Seedimbi AgraharamJ=depalli, Machilipatnam Town and MandaI, Krishna District- 521001 5. Veeragani Sivar¥makrishna, S/o. Lakshma,'ah, Aged about 47 years:, Occ Employee, R/o. D.No. 17-29-3, Anl'bicent Road, Seedimbi Agraharam, EdeJPalli, Machilipatnam Town and MandaI, Krishna District- 521002 ...petitioners/Accused +ifo 5l AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public ifeS€;utor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. ./ ...Respondent Petition under section 482 of BNSS (Under Section 438 of Cr.P.C)I Prayl-ng that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the petitioners/Accused No.1 to 5 on bail in the event of their Arrest in Cr. No. 21 of 2025 on the file of cherukupaHi Police Station, Bapatla District. \+ \...+ The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing thel' arguments of SRI KALE VIJS)fA RAJU, Advocate for the petitioners, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent, the Court made the following HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petition No.2250 of 2025 Order: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioners herein/Al to A5, seeking anticipatory bail, in connection with Crime No.21 of 2025 of Cherukupalli Police Station, Bapatla district. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioners herein for the offences punishable under Sections 85 and 119(1 ) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that marriage between the de facfo complainant and Al was performed on 21.01.2021. At the time of marriage, her parents presented Ac.2.00 cents of land, cash and gold to the accused towards dowry. Subsequently, Al started harassing the de facfo complainant both mentally and physically to bring household furniture from her parents and threatened her. It is further alleged that Al to A5 forced her to sign blank papers and threatened her to kill and demanded to bring additional dowry of Rs.10,OO,000/-. 4. Heard. Perused the record. \-= .E== 5. A perusal of the material on record, pr,-ma fac,'e, goes to show that except makl-ng omnibus accusations against all the accused that they are alleged to have harassed the de facto complainant, no specific act has been attributed agal'nst them. lt is represented that A1, A4 and A5 are Government employees and if they are arrested they may lose their J'ObS. ln View Of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners herein/Al to A5 on the following conditions. i) ln the event of arrest of the petitioners herein/Al to A5 in the aforesaid crime, they shall be enlarged on bail on their executing personal bond 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. ii) Petitioners shall make themselves available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required, and they shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer. ' |+ iii) Petitioners shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned once in a week i.e., on every Sunday between 10.00 AM and 1.00 PM till filing of the charge sheet. 6, Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. SD/-M.PRABHAKAE¥`A RAO ASSISTANT R I)s TFaAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFF§CF_R ` )\ I For T o , L/ ldrfp 1. The Station House Officer, Cherukupalli Police Station, Bapatla District 2. One CC to SRI. KALE VIJAYA RAJU Advocate [OPUC]\rrf 3. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSL5CUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 4, Onesparecopy b/ PSR | ll / ll,Il v HIGH COURT SRKIJ 'DATED :27/03/2025 ANTICIPATORY BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.2250 of 2025 ALLOWED