APHC010668502025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] FRIDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12800/2025 Between: 1. SRI SEERAPU SOMESH REDDY, S/O SEERAPU VEELUBABU, D.NO.9-21, RAYAPALEM, REKHAVANIPALEM BHEEMUNIPATNAM, VISAKHAPATNAM. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH THE S.H.O., OF BHEEMUNIPATNAM P.S, VISAKHAPATNAM REP., BY ITS PUBLIC POROSECUTORHIGH COURT AT AMARAVATHI. 2. PUTHI KUSUMA, D/O PUTHI RAMANA, AGED 26 YRS, D.NO.53-11- 62, ATCHIVARISTREET MADDDILAPALEM, BHEEMUNIPATNAM , VISAKHAATNAM. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. RAVURI LEELA SAI SAMPATH Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2. GOLLAMUDI NAGASATYANARAYANA The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12800 of 2025 ORDER : The instant petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita has been filed by the Petitioner/Accused No.1, seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.380 of 2025 on the file of Bheemunipatnam Police Station, Visakhapatnam registered for the offences punishable under Sections 69, 79, 351(3) BNS. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the petitioner/Accused No.1 got acquaintance with the complainant, developed friendship and had sexual intercourse with her and when the complainant asked him to marry her, he refused her to marry. His family members also abused the complainant and threatened her with dire consequences. 3. Heard Sri Ravuri Leela Sai Sampath, learned counsel for the Petitioner and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, representing the State/Respondent. 4. Learned counsel for the Petitioner/Accused No.1 would submit that the Petitioner is innocent and a false case was foisted against him and prayed to enlarge the Petitioner on bail. 5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the investigation is pending for want of medical report of the victim and Court may pass appropriate Orders. 3 6. Considering the submissions made, upon perusal of the material on record, and taking into account the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner/Accused No.1. 7. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: i. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall be released on bail on his executing a personal bond for Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Jurisdictional Court concerned. ii. On release, the Petitioner shall not influence or threaten the witnesses. iii. The Petitioner is directed not to hamper the investigation, tamper with the prosecution witnesses and meet/contact the complainant either physically or over phone or any other means. iv. It is made clear that the Petitioner shall scrupulously comply with the above conditions and breach of any of the above conditions will be viewed seriously and prosecution is at liberty to move an application for cancellation of the bail. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________________________ DR.VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA, J Date: 06.02.2026 sj 4 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12800 OF 2025 Dt: 06.02.2026 sj