CRLP/9297/2024 of MALAKA AMARNATHA REDDY Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010578432024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327] AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.9297 OF 2024 Between: Malaka Amarnatha Reddy ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. PAPUDIPPU SASHIDAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/Accused, seeking anticipatory bail, in connection with Crime No.176 of 2024 of Bapatla Police Station, Bapatla district, registered for the offences punishable under Section 196 of the 2 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 66 of the Information Technology Act, 2000-2008. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, after arguing for some time, has confined his argument to the extent of protecting the petitioner herein from the coercive action by the police on the ground that the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less tha