CRLP/2386/2025 of JANA DIVYA SEKHAR Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010113552025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3396] (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION No. 2386 of 2025 Between: Jana Divya Sekhar ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. KAKUMANU JOJI AMRUTHA RAJU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER : The instant Criminal Petition under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), has been filed by the Petitioner/A.1, seeking regular bail in Crime No.503 of 2024 on the file of Rajanagaram Police Station, East Godavari District, for the offences punishable under Sections 118(1), 74, 351(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha, 2023 (‘BNS’) and Sections 3(1)(r),3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (PoA) Act. 2. When the matter is taken up, Ms.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent/State would submit that the criminal Petition is not maintainable since the Petitioner