APHC010281152026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3573] FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BALAJI MEDAMALLI CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4489/2026 Between: 1. VISSAMSETTY VENKATA MANIKYA SAMBA SIVARAO, S/O PURNACHANDRA RAO, AGED 52,DNO-3-1-249/1, PAYYAVULA DASARADHA STREETSITARA CONVENTION HALL, RAMU QUARY, RR NAGAR,VIJAYAWADA-520012, NTR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor High Court Buildings, High Court of A.P. at Amaravathi. Through S.H.O, BHAVANIPURAM P.S.,KRISHNA District. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 482 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 Petitioner/Accused and direct the respondent/police to release the petitioner in the event of his arrest in connection with the F.I.R. No. 193 of 2026, dated 07-05-2026 on the file of S.H.O, Bhavanipuram P.S., NTR Commisionerate, NTR District, as against the petitioner/accused herein is concerned and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. SAI GANGADHAR CHAMARTY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BALAJI MEDAMALLI CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4489 OF 2026 ORDER:- 1. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, “B.N.S.S.”) is filed seeking to enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail in Crime No.193 of 2026 of Bhavanipuram Police Station, N.T.R. Commissionerate, N.T.R. District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 316(2), 318(4) of BNS. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent/ State. 3. Perused the record. 4. Since it is seen that the offences alleged are punishable with seven years or less than seven years, the respondent/State is directed to comply with the mandate in Section 35(3) of the BNSS, 2023 and all the directions given by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the judgment in Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar1 and other related rulings. 5. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is disposed of. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, in the Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. __________________________ JUSTICE BALAJI MEDAMALLI Date: 29.05.2026 AMD/PGT 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273 3 11 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BALAJI MEDAMALLI CRIMINAL PETITION NO:4489 OF 2026 Date: 29.05.2026 AMD/PGT