CRLP/7185/2024 of ADDIKAM VIJAYA BHASKAR Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

1 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.7185 OF 2024 ORDER:- The Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is filed on behalf of the petitioner/Accused No.1 to grant anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.385 of 2024 of Punganur Urban Police Station, Chittoor District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 127(3), 351(2), 64(1) of the BNS and Section 3(a) read with 4 POCSO Act, 2012. 2. Case of the prosecution is that the accused followed the minor girl by name Renuka aged about 17 years and harassed her for want of sexual desires. On coming to know the same, the informant and his relatives warned the accused. Later, on 18.09.2024 the minor girl left from the house and did not return to home and on 22.09.2024 at 04.00 p.m., the minor girl came to the house and narrated that the accused lured her by telling gullible words that he would marry her and took her mobile number. On believing the words of the accused, she accepted for nude video calls with the accused. When the minor girl came out of her house, the accused met her by threatening her, showing her nude photos and videos, and demande