APHC010208092026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3396]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3129/2026 Between:

1. K ARE STEVEN, S/O SATTIBABU, AGED 23 YEARS,R/O BANGARAMPALEM VILLAGE,S-RAYAVARAM MANDAL, ANAKAPALLI DISTRICT,STATE OF A.P.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1. T HE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH,THROUGH STATION HOUSE OFFICER,KAKUMANU POLICE STATION,GUNTUR DISTRICT, A.P.

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

1. SHAIK AFZAL MOHAMMED Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:

THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3129 OF 2026 ORDER:-

The Criminal Petition under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), has been filed by the petitioner/Accused No.6, seeking regular bail in connection with Crime No.90 of 2025 of Kakumanu Police Station, Guntur District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 111(4), 318