CRLP/1675/2025 of VIMALA MALLIDI @ SRI REDDY Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010075442025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3369] (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1675/2025 Between: Vimala Mallidi @ Sri Reddy ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. GOUTHAMI SURAPAREDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order:- This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of B.N.S.S., is filed by the petitioner herein/A1 seeking to grant anticipatory bail in Crime No.426 of 2024 of Anakapalli Town Police Station, Anakapalli District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 500 and 505(2) IPC and Section 67 of the ITA 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 than seven years and prays this Court to direct the police to follow the procedure as contempla