THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.12702 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNSS’) seeking anticipatory bail to the petitioner/accused No.4 in Crime No.197 of 2025 of Suryapet II Town Police Station, Suryapet District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 105 and 90 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’), Sections 5(2) and 5(3) of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (for short ‘MTP Act’) and Section 23(1)(3) of Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostics Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Determination) Act, 2003 (for short ‘PNDT Act’).

2. Heard Sri Bharadwaj Reddy Mothe, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent - State.

3. The case of the prosecution is that on 23.05.2025 at about 18:30 hours, the complainant, who is the District Medical and Health Officer, Suryapet District, filed a complaint stating that he received a report from the incharge Deputy District Medical and Health Officer to the effect that a criminal abortion was performed in an unnamed and