APHC010829462018 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY,THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11794/2018 Between: 1. SD.RAMIJA, RESIDING AT MANSOOR NAGAR, NELLORE CITY, S.P.S.R.NELLORE DISTRICT ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep., by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judciature at Hyderabad ...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 Courtto direct the Petitioner on Bail in the event of her arrest in connection with Crime No. 215/2018 of Chinna Bazar Police Station, Nellore, S.P.S.R.Nellore District Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. T NAGARJUNA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 2 Dr.VJP,J CRL.P.NO.11794 OF 2018 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: 3 Dr.VJP,J CRL.P.NO.11794 OF 2018 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11794 OF 2018 ORDER:- The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1974, by the petitioner/Accused for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.215 of 2018 of Chinna Bazaar Police Station, Nellore, S.P.S.R. Nellore District for offence punishable under Sections 417, 468, 290, 506 r/w 34 of IPC. 2. The case of the prosecution is that, on 04.10.2018 at about 22:00 hours, Rameeja, a Podhupu Group leader, along with certain YSRCP leaders, allegedly collected Xerox copies of Aadhaar Cards and house allotment receipts from the complainant, Shaik Beebijan, and others at Venkateswarapuram, Nellore City, on the pretext of securing better houses through the local MLA. It is alleged that the accused misused those documents, forged their signatures, and filed W.P. No. 26941 of 2018 before the Hon’ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh seeking to restrain further construction of houses in Nellore Bit-II area in the concerned survey numbers. 4 Dr.VJP,J CRL.P.NO.11794 OF 2018 3. Heard Sri T.Nagarjuna Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri K.Sandeep, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. Perused the record. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petition may be disposed of by giving protection to the petitioner vide guidelines of the Hon’ble Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar1. 5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, on instructions, would submit that the offences registered against the petitioner are punishable with less than seven years period of imprisonment and necessary direction may be given to the concerned Station House Officer. 6. Considering the submissions, this Criminal petition is disposed of, with the following; a. Investigating Officer is at liberty to complete the investigation, in accordance with law. b. In the event of any coercive action sought to be taken against the petitioner, concerned police authorities are further directed to scrupulously follow the procedure prescribed under Section 35 (3) of BNSS., [Section 41-A 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273 5 Dr.VJP,J CRL.P.NO.11794 OF 2018 Cr.P.C] and the guidelines laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar’s case (supra). c. The Petitioner/Accused shall make himself available for investigation and shall cooperate with the investigating officer for further investigation. __________________________________ DR.VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA, J 16.02.2026 LSP