APHC010289142026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4648/2026 Between: 1. MUPPASANI GIRISH KUMAR, ,S/O. M. SRINIVASULU, AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS,OCC SOFTWARE ENGINEER, R/O. H. NO. 12/63NARAYANA RAO PET. NEAR GUPTA PARK,SANTHAPETA, SPSR NELLORE - 524 001. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, ,REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMRAVATI THROUGH THE SHO, VEDAYAPALEM PS, NELLORE DISTRICT ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. SHEIKH NEHA HASSAN Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 The Court made the following Order: The present Criminal Petition has been filed seeking anticipatory bail in the event of the petitioner's arrest in connection with Crime No.57 of 2026 on the file of the Station House Officer, Vedayapalem Police Station, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 338 and 340(2) read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. K. Sandeep, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. The petitioner/accused No.2 has not approached the learned Sessions Judge at the first instance. Instead, petitioner has directly approached this Court for grant of pre-arrest bail. 4. As per the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Mohammed Rasal C. & Another v. State of Kerala & Another, SLP (Crl.) No.6588 of 2025, Order dated 08.09.2025, wherein it was categorically held that an accused shall ordinarily approach the learned Sessions Judge at the first instance for grant of pre-arrest bail, the petitioner cannot directly approach the High Court for grant of pre-arrest bail. 5. In view of the law laid down in the aforesaid judgment, the case of the petitioner cannot be entertained inasmuch as the petitioner is required to approach the learned Sessions Judge at the first instance for grant of pre- arrest bail. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is dismissed, leaving it open to the 3 petitioner to approach the learned Sessions Judge for appropriate relief in accordance with law. As a sequel, interlocutory applications, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ Dr. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Dt: 16.06.2026 DSV 4 83 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4648/2026 Dt: 16.06.2026 DSV 5 HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH: AMARAVATI MAIN CASE No: CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4648 of 2026 PROCEEDING SHEET SL. NO. DATE ORDER OFFICE NOTE 04. 16.06.2026 Dr.YLR, J The Criminal Petition is dismissed. (vide separate order) ________ Dr.YLR, J DSV 6