APHC010633612025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH ATAMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

FRIDAY,THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12193/2025 Between:

1.KATRAGADDA NAGESHWAR RAO, S/O.LATE. OBAIAH,AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS, OCC. RETD. C.E.O, PACS LTD.R/O.DOPPALAPUDI VILLAGE, PONNUR MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor,High Court ofA.P.Amaravathi.

...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1.MD SALEEM Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:

ORDER:

The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) by the Petitioner/Accused No.1 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.158 of 2025 of Ponnur Rural Police Station, Guntur District, registered for the alleged offence punishable under Sections 420, 409 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity ‘the I.P.C.,’) and Sections 79(1), 83(B)(c) of the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 (for br