CRLP/9550/2024 of V RAVINDRA NAIK Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010590562024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327] AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.9550 OF 2024 Between: V Ravindra Naik ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State of AP ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Rep. by its PP Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. P NARAHARI BABU 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.161 of 2024 of Penukonda Police Station, Sri Sathya 2 Sai district, registered for the offence punishable under Section 261 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 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 offence alleged is punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years and prays this Court to direct the police to follow t