--V. ■" 0^ ■'■ 5f>' Oi N L n.T h -v<. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAnM^ “4 WEDNESDAY ,THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY / iN, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX iPRESENT: HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 540 OF 2026 Between : 1. Palakeerthi Asha,, W/o. Palakeerthi Venkateswarlu, aged about 39 years, R/o. 0, Sangam Street, Near Church, Ananthavaram, Damavaram, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, 524152. Petitioner/Accused No.3 2. Devarakonda Sampoorna alias K. Sampoorna, D/o. Devarakonda Krishnaiah, aged about 33 years, R/o. North Rajupalem, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, 524366. Petitioner/Accused No.4 AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh,, Rep. by the Station House Officer, Kodavaluru PS, SPSR Nellore District, Through the Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh Respondent Petition under Section 438 of Cr.P.C & under Section 482 of BNSS that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioners Anticipatory Bail FIR No. 159/2025, dated 24.11.2025, registered on the file of Kodavaluru Police Station, SPSR Nellore District pending adjudication of the Criminal Petition 2023, praying on Interim present 1, The petition/Appeal coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri. G V S KISHORE KUMAR Advocate for the Petitioner(s), PUBLIC PROSECUTOR Advocate for the Respondent(s) and the Court made the following. ORDER f 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 540/2026 ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) by the Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 & 4 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with FIR No. 159/2025, dated 24.11.2025, registered on the file of Kodavaluru Police Station, SPSR Nellore District, registered for the alleged offence punishable under Sections 127(2), 308(5), 118(1), 115(2), 109(1), 314 read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘the BNS’) and Section 66(C) of the Information Technology Act. 2. Heard Sri G.V.S Kishore Kumar, learned Counsel for the Petitioners and Sri K.Sandeep, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 02.08.2025 at about 4.00 PM, at Dinne North Rajupalem Village, Kodavalur Mandal, when the informant came to the house of A1 to pay pension amount of Rs.20,000/- who is depending upon the informant for her livelihood, the accused confined the informant by extorting, laid iron chains to the legs of informant with locks, beat him with hands and legs and forcibly taken money, ATM Card and misappropriated cash of Rs.30.00 Lakhs by drawing the cash from ATM of the informant and confined the informant in the house in 3 >2 months and tried to kill the informant by keeping family disputes. While so, on 24.11.2025, the informant escaped from the house and gave a report in Kodavalur Police 3 Station. On the report of informant, police registered the case in Cr.No.159 of 2025. 4. Learned Counsel for the Petitioners would submit that the Petitioners herein are the Accused Nos. 3 & 4, who are the daughter and daughter in law of the complainant. The Accused Nos. 1 & 2 in the present case, are the wife and son of the complainant. The allegations leveled against the Petitioners arose primarily from a long standing domestic and family dispute of over 15 years, centered around the informant’s retirement benefits and personal matters. He would further submit that the Accused Nos.1 and 2 were released on regular bail by the learned IV Additional District and Sessions Judge Nellore vide Order dated 08.01.2026 in Crl.M.P.No.1804 of 2025. He would further submit that the petitioners are law abiding citizens and there are no criminal antecedents against them. It is further submitted that the investigation might have been completed by this day. Learned counsel would further submit that the petitioners are ready and willing to furnish sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court to secure their presencefor the purpose of investigation. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed the petition and would submit that the investigation is still pending for want of Wound 5. Certificate. He would further submit that there are specific overtacts made against the petitioners. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor finally prays for dismissal of the petition. 4 6. Considering the submissions made, upon perusal of the material on record, and taking into account the facts and circumstances of the case that the accused Nos.1 & 2 were released on regular bail by the Trial Court, and the fact that the most of the investigation is completed except for want of Wound Certificate, the question of tampering with the investigation or influencing the witnesses does not arise. Accordingly, this Court is inclined to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioners/Accused Nos.3 & 4. \ 7. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: The Petitioners/Accused Nos. 3 & 4 shall appear before the concerned Magistrate Court within a period of one (1) week from today and shall furnish personal bonds for Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only) with two sureties each for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the concerned Court; On release, the Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 & 4, shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned, twice in a week i.e., on every Wednesday and Saturday, between 10:00 AM and 05:00 PM, till filing of charge sheet. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 & 4, shall make themselves available for investigation and shall cooperate with the investigating officer for further investigation; The Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 & 4, shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses; IV. 5 The Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 & 4, shall not leave the limits of Andhra Pradesh State without the express permission from the concerned Court. V. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 & 4, shall surrender their passports, if any, to the investigating officer. If they claim that they do not have passport, they shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the Court concerned. VI. SD/- G.HELANAIDU DEPU-^ REGISTRAR GfrioN^FF^CER //TRUE COPY// SE I To, 1. The Station House Officer, Kodavaluru PS, SPSR Nellore District 2. One CC to SRI. G V S KISHORE KUMAR Advocate [OPUC] Two CCS to SRI. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of A.P [OPUC] One spare copy 3. 4. I HIGH COURT DR.VJPJ DATED:04/02/2026 BAIL CRLP.No.540 of 2026 I I* ALLOWED ■'i- J