CRLP/9575/2024 of KOTHA JAGADEESH Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010590642024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3327] (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9575/2024 Between: Kotha Jagadeesh and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. CHALLA AJAY KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 O R D E R:- This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘the BNSS’) has been filed on behalf of the petitioners herein/accused Nos.1 and 2 to grant anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.238 of 2024 of Prakash Nagar Police Station, Rajamahendravaram, East Godavari District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioners herein/accused Nos.1 and 2 and other accused for the offence punishable under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘BNS’). 3. Brief facts of the case are that, on 21.12.2024 at about 7.30 a.m., the informant viz. Vakkalagadda Kumari, husband of one