IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY. THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY TWO PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3722 OF 2022 Betwee n:
Gentela Goverdan, ...PETITIONER/A3 AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana, at Hvderabad ...RES'.NDENT/..M'LAINANT Petition under Section 438 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the lr,4emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner/ 43 herein on anticipatory bail in crime No.52 of 2022, on the file of Armoor, Nizamabad District P.S, dated 18.02.2022, in lhe event of arrest This Petition coming on for hearing'upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of crimi.nal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of sri T.SRUJAN KUIVAR REDDY, Advocate for the Petitioner and of the Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent.
The Court made the following: ORDER THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K,SURENDER CRIMINAL PETITION NO.3722 OF 20.).)
ORDER:
'l'his Criminal Pctition is fiierl rrnr-le r Sectir>n 4ll8 of Cr.P.C.
sceking pre-arrest bail to thc pctitiorrer, l'hc: is accuserl No.3 in thc cvent of his arrest in connectiorr ri'ith Crimc No.52 o1' '20'2'2 on r1-rr- tlle l of the Armoor Policc Station, Nizamabad Disrrict registercd tbr the I offences punishable under Sections 498. A, 354(D), 376 read rvith 51 I , 506 of lndian Penal Code :rnri Sectior-r 4 of Ti-re T)ou rt Prohibition Act .
2. Ileard the learnccl Cou:rscl lirr thc pctitioncr and learncd
3. I.earned coLrnsel lor thc litioncr submil s that thc' :rccLrscd l)e No.1 and 2 u.ere arrcslcd ancl zrlrearclr rcletirsccl on irail. l.lou.cvr:r.. tlrc police subsequently itled alteralion memo adcling the scction 376 ol'
Indian Penal Code.
4. The allegation against this petitione r as seen from the complaint does not attract the offencc under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code. Since the punishment prescribecl for the other Sections 498-A, 354(D) and 506 of Indian Penal Code alleged against the petitioner is less than seven years, without going into merits of the matter, respondent - Police are directed to scrupulously follow th e procedure as contemplated under Section 41-A Cr.p.C ancl the guidelines formulated bv the I Ion'ble Supre me Court in Arnesh Kumar u, State of Bihar) scrupulouslr'. lt is needless to saJ', anv deviation in this regard lr,i1l be vierved seriouslv
5. 'lhe Crirninal Petition is accordingll.. rlisposed of.
6. MiscellzLneous applicalions per-rdir-rg, if any, in this criminal pctition. shzrll stand c krscd (2014) 8 SCC 273 Sdi-B.SATYAVATHI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// /
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