CRLP/3031/2025 of ALLA JAGADEESH REDDY Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010142342025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3369] (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3031/2025 Between: Alla Jagadeesh 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.172 of 2024 of Dwaraka Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 196(1), 352 and 353(2) of the BNS 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 contemplated under