CRLP/1470/2025 of JARUGUMALLI BOLLAIAH Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

1 APHC010067972025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3327] (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1470/2025 Between: Jarugumalli Bollaiah ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. V V LAKSHMI NARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order:- The Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the BNSS, is filed on behalf of the petitioner/Accused No.1 to grant anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.936 of 2024 of Nallapadu Police Station, Guntur District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offences punishable under Sections 118(1) and 85 2 read with 3(5) of the BNS and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 3. Brief facts of the case are that, on 10.12.2024, the defacto complainant filed a report before the police stating that she married A1 in the year 2021 and dowry was given at the time of marriage by her parents. After marriage, the defacto co