APHC010131632026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3396]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

WEDNESDAY,THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2000/2026 Between:

1. G ARIKINA RAJESH,, S/O. JAGANNADHAM, 31 YEARS, R/O.

RATNAYAMPETA VILLAGE, PAYAKARAOPET MANDAL, ANAKAPALLI ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1. T HE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH STATION HOUSE OFFICER, ATKURU POLICE STATION, KRISHNA DISTRICT REP.

BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT AT AMARAVATI.

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

1. RAMINENI SUDHEER Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:

THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2000 OF 2026 ORDER:-

The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.4 on bail in Crime No.143 of 2025 of Atkuru Police Station, Krishna District, registered against the Petitioner/Accused No.4 herein for the offences punishable under Section 8(c) read with Sectio