APHC010343222025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7098/2025 Between: 1. PENDYALA SITA RAMA ANJANEYULU, S/O. SUBRAMANYAM, AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, R/O. H NO. 6-5/2, OPP. AMDAPURIKASIMBOULI, AMDAPUR GATE, AMDAPUR, RANGAREDDY DISTRICT, TELANGANA - 501504 ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH THROUGH NAGARAMPALEM POLICE STATION, GUNTUR DISTRICT 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE INVESTIGATION OFFICER, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH 523001 3. K RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU, (DEPUTY SPEAKER), S/O. KVSSN RAJU, AGED ABOUT 62, D.NO.1-3-8/2A, ADARSHA NAGAR, REVENUE WARD NO.2, BHIMAVARAM. RESPONDENT NO.3 IS IMPLEADED AS PER THE COURT'S ORDER DATED 13.11.2025 IN I.A.NO.1 OF 2025 IN CRL.P.NO.7098 OF 2025. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): 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 the petitioners anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest Crime in Cr. No. 187 / 2024 dated 11.07.2024, Nagarampalem P.S., Guntur District (which is on the file of Special Judicial 2 Magistrate of First Class-cum-Special Mobile Court, Guntur), pending disposal of the Criminal Petition and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2025 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 May be pleased to permit the petitioner to implead the proposed respondents No.3 as respondents No.3 in the above CRLP No.7098 of 2025 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. B.ABHAY SIDDHANTH MOOTHA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7098/2025 ORDER : The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) by the Petitioner/Accused No.2 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.187 of 2026 dated 11.07.2024 of Nagarampalem Police Station, Guntur District, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 120B, 166, 167, 197, 307, 326, 465, 506 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code. 2. 2. Heard Sri B.Abhay Siddhanth Mootha, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Sri, Posani Venkateswarlu, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mrs.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. When the matter is taken up for hearing, it is represented by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner was granted interim protection from arrest on account of his medical condition as he underwent surgery, as recorded in the order dated 26.06.2025 passed in Crl.P. No. 6148 of 2025. 4. Learned Senior Counsel would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 5. Considering the submissions made and on perusal of the material placed on record, coupled with the fact that the petitioner underwent open- heart surgery and still requires constant medical supervision and in fact 4 granted interim medical bail in another case vide order dated 26.06.2025 in Crl.P.No.6148 of 2025 by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, it is apposite to dispose of the present petition on the following conditions: i. Investigating Officer shall proceed with the investigation in all aspects without resorting to any coercive steps of arrest against the petitioner. ii. The petitioner shall appear before the Investigating Officer as and when required for the purpose of investigation. iii. The petitioner shall deposit his passport before the Investigating Agency. If he claims that he does not have a passport, he shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the concerned jurisdictional Magistrate Court. iv. The petitioner shall not leave the country without obtaining permission from the concerned jurisdictional Magistrate Court. v. However, the State is at liberty to file a petition for cancellation of this protection in case of violation of any condition. 6. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is disposed of with the above observations. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous applications, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ___________________________________ DR.VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA, J Date: 13.03.2026. UPS 5 95 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7098/2025 Dt: 13.03.2026 UPS