THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.11056 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner, who is arrayed as 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 BNS, Section 5(2) and 5(3) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act and Section 23(1)(3) of Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994.

2. The brief facts of the case are that, on 23.05.2025, the District Medical and Health Officer, Suryapet District lodged a report with the police regarding the death of a five-month pregnant woman following an illegal abortion at an unregistered hospital. The husband of the petitioner allegedly sought sex determination, discovered the fetus was female, and paid Rs.38,000/- to Uppula Sandeep and a Rural Medical Officer from Tekumarla to perform the abortion. During the procedure, the woman suffered severe bleeding, was shifted to a hospital in Khammam, and later declared dead. Based on the said complaint, the police r