THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9513 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhitha, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking anticipatory bail to the petitioner/accused No.2 in Crime No.169 of 2025 on the file of Station House Officer, Cyber Crimes Police Station, Cyberabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 318 (4), 319 (2), 308 (6), 316 (2), 338, 336 (3) read with 340 (2) read with Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) and Section

66-D of the Information Technology Act.

2. The case of prosecution in brief is that on 22.01.2025 at 11:30 Pm the de facto complainant by name Mrs. Sakshi Kondakindhi lodged a complaint at P.S. Cyber Crimes stating that in January, 2024 she saw an ad in Linkedin and joined a WhatsApp group claiming to be linked to Hems Securities led by one Aisha Sithika and the group claimed to help people and make money by trading. Believing the promises made by Aisha the de facto complainant joined the trading class platform via suspicious link and as guided by them she started investing money and in the beginning she invested Rs.5,000/-