THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7371 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhitha, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking bail to the petitioner/accused No.5 in Crime No.197 of 2025 on the file of the P.S.Suryapet II Town, Suryapet, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 105 and 90 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha, 2023 (BNS), Sections 5(2) and 5(3) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (for short ‘MTP Act’) and Section 23(1)(3) of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 (for short ‘PCPNDT Act’).

2. The case of the prosecution in brief is that on 23.05.2025, the complainant lodged a complaint stating that the deceased had five month pregnancy, her husband sought illegal sex determination with the assistance of accused No.1 and on 17.5.2025, an ultrasound test was done which revealed a female fetus. He arranged for an abortion through petitioner, an RMP from Tekumatla, for Rs.38,000/- at an unregistered private hospital in Suryapet. The deceased was admitted around 7:00 PM on

17.05.2025 and began experiencing heavy bleeding during the procedu