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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI THURSDAY ,THE NINTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6592 OF 2024 Between:

1. P NATARAJ @ P NATARAJA, S/o. P. Doraswamy, Aged about 50 years, R/o. 2-57, Thodathara (V and P) Tavanampalli Mandal, Chittoor District ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S)

AND

1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANTS Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the Respondent police to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused on Anticipatory Bail on the event of his arrest in connection with the criminal proceedings in Crime. No. 144 of 2024, Venkatagiri Police Station, Chittoor, and pass such This Petition coming on for hearing,upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri P SARASWATHI ,Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor (TG/AP) on behalf of the Respondent No. and of Sri_Advocate for the Respondent No.

The Court made the following:

ORDER:-

This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of B.N.S.S., is filed seeking to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner/accused in Crime No.144/2024 of Venkatagiri Police Station, Tirupathi District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 318(2), 318(4), 351, 62 read with 3(5) of B.N.S.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State.

3. Perused the record. On 06.9.2024, Crime No.144/2024 of Venkatagiri Police Station, Tirupathi District was registered for the aforesaid offences. The petitioner alleged to have committed the offences prior to 06.9.2024. Having heard both sides, it is seen that the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of seven years and less than seven years. It is, in these circumstances, investigating Police are directed to comply with Section 35(3) of BNSS and all the directions given by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the judgment in Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and other related rulings, scrupulously.

4. With these observations, the Criminal Petition is disposed of.

Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, in the Criminal Petition, shall stand closed.

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CRIMINAL PETITION No.6592 OF 2024