APHC010244002024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3820/2024 Between: 1. SUNKESULA VENKATESWARRAO, S/O SUBBARAO, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, OCC BUSINESS, R/O 8-113, LIPTON COMPANY, ENIKEPADU, N.T.R DISTRICT. 2. SUNKESULA VENKATALAKSHMI @ AKSHAYA, W/O SUNKESULAVENKATESWARRAO, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, OCC HOUSEWIFE, R/O 8-113, LIPTON COMPANY, ENIKEPADU, N.T.R DISTRICT. 3. RACHAMALLA YOGANANDABABU @ BANNU, W/O RACHAMALLANAGESWARRAO, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, OCC BUSINESS, R/O 7-18, NALLURIVARI STREET, ENIKEPADU, N.T.R DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT AT AMARAVATHI, PATAMATA P.S., VIJAYAWADA CITY ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court pleased to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners/A-2 to A-4 in even of arrest in Crime No.401/2024 on the file of Patamata P.S., Vijayawada City, Dt:24.05.2024, pending investigation and trial and pass 2 IA NO: 1 OF 2024 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant interim anticipatory bail to the petitioners/accused-1 in the event of arrest in Crime No. 401/2024 on the file of Patamata P.S., Vijayawada City, Dt:24.05.2024, pending investigation and trial and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. KHAJA KHUTUBUDDIN SHAIK Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3820 OF 2024 ORDER: The instant Criminal Petition is filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, by the Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 seeking anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.401 of 2024 on the file of Patamata Police Station, Vijayawada City for the offences under Sections 3(1)(h)(s), (w)(i)(ii) and 3(2)(v) of SC ST Act. 2. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the defacto complainant, who belongs to the Mala (SC) community, alleged that Sunkesula Chaitanya persistently followed her, induced her with a promise of marriage, and had sexual intercourse with her on several occasions by threatening and deceiving her. She further alleged that when her engagement with another person was arranged, the said Chaitanya threatened to circulate her private photographs and videos, thereby coercing her to cancel the proposed marriage. It is also alleged that thereafter Chaitanya and his family members abused her in the name of caste, forcibly evicted her family from the rented house, and withheld their belongings, pursuant to which the present crime came to be registered. 3. Heard Sri Khaja Khutubuddin Shaik, learned counsel for the Petitioners and Mrs.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 4 4. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that the investigation has been completed, the charge sheet has been filed, and the trial has also commenced, therefore, no further orders are required in this matter. 5. Learned Counsel for the Petitioner would submit that recording the same, the petition may be disposed of. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. _________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:03.03.2026 Pmk 5 197 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Crl.P.No.3820 of 2024 Dt.03.03.2026 Pmk