CRLP/2630/2025 of M LAKSHMI PRASAD BABU Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010122712025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3369] (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY ,THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T. MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2630/2025 Between: M Lakshmi Prasad Babu ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. B JAYA PRABHAKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: 1. The Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNSS’), is filed seeking anticipatory bail to the Petitioner/A.2, in Crime No.120 of 2023 of Polavaram Police Station, Eluru District. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submit that the offences alleged against the accused are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years and prays this Court to direct the police to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 41-A of Cr.P.C. 3. On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor did not oppose the same and concurred with the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner for the rea