lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl THURSDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT:

HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4149 OF 2025 Between.I vanarasa padmavathi, w/o pothana, Aged about 65 yearsl R/o D.No. 6-3-

672, Maruthi Nagar, 1St cross, Near BSNL Office, Ananthapur Town, Ananthapur District.

...PetitI-Oner/

Accused No. 2 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its publI'C Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra pradesh at AmaravathI'.

...Respoindent petI-tjOn under Section 482 of BNSS is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the petI-tiOnerS/Accused No. 2 on bail l'n the event of her arrest pursuant to crime No. 40 of 2025 of Ananthapuramu lv Town Police Station.

The petition comI'ng On for hearing, upon perusing the pe{jtion and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearI'ng the arguments of SRI O UDAYA KUMAR Advocate for the petitI-Oner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent, and the court made the following ORDER:

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APHCO10196602025 lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(special Original Jurisdiction)

THURSDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE YI LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO:4149/2025 Between :

Vanarasa Padmava{hi, ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1.O UDAYA KUMAR counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:

ORDER:-

The Criminal Petition has been filed under 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.40 of 2025 of lV Town Police Station, Ananthapuram, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Section 194(3)(iv)

BNSS-

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2. Facts, I'n brief, ofthecasearethaton 18.02.2025, atabout

2.00 pm., the c7e/czc,a co,77P/CZZ'#CZ#Z (mother of the deceased), lodged a report before the police officials stating that due to unbearable harassment made by the petitioner/accused No.2/mother-in-law and husband (A1), her daughter (deceased), committed suicl-de by hanging to the ceiling fan in the bed room with her saree. Based on the report, the station House officer, Ananthapuram lv Town Police Station, Ananthapuram, registered a case in crime No.40 of 2025 and investigated into.

3. Heard learned counsel forthe petitioner and the learned Assistant public Prosecutor. perused the record.

4. Sri O.Udaya Kumar, learned counsel for the Petitioner/Accused No.2 submits that the petitioner is aged about 65 and she l®s physically challenged person. The petitl-oner has not committed any offence and she was falsely implicated in this case. The PetI-tiOner WOuld abide by any condition to be imposed by this court. 5. Per con£ra, Mr.Nee]opthal GunJ', the learned Assistant public Prosecutor, opposed jn granting of baI-I Stating that the investigation is not completed; if the petitioner is enlarged on bail, she would not be available for the jnvestigatjon and she would escape from the clutches of law; and urged to dismiss the bail pet,-lion.

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6. The petitioner is the mother-ln-law Of the deceased, Who iS aged about 65 years as well as physically challenged person. ln view of above facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to consider request of petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail.

7. Accordingly, this criminal petition is allowed with the following directions:

a) ln the event of arrest of the petitioner, the petitioner shall be enlarged on bail on her executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.70,000/-(j2zJPeeS ,e72 Zfeozzs'cz72CZ o7Z/I,), With two Su