ORDER

The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) by the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 & 2 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.132 of 2025 of Patamata Police Station, NTR District, registered for the alleged offence punishable under Section 403, 406, 409 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity ‘the I.P.C.’)

2. The case of the prosecution is that between 20.09.2021 and 23.05.2023, at Flat No.4, Satyam Towers, Road No.7, Bharathi Nagar, Vijayawada, the accused persons, namely Idupulapati Srinivasa Rao (Accused No.1) and his wife, Idupulapati Madhavi (Accused No.2), committed acts amounting to cheating, dishonest misappropriation of property, and criminal breach of trust. The complaint was lodged on 15.03.2025 at 06:00 hours by Sri Kakarla Vinay, who is a designated partner of Navyandhra Grama Vaidya Healthcare Services Coastal Region LLP, Capital Region LLP, and Rayalaseema Region LLP. The prosecution asserts that the complainant’s firms intended to acquire approximately 50 acres of land in Visakhapatnam for business expansion. The accused represented that they had agreem