CRLP/6465/2024 of KATARI MAHARAJU Vs STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010402092024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3239] (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6465/2024 Between: Katari Maharaju ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND State of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. BOLLA VENKATA RAMA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: As per the directions of My Lord the Hon’ble the Chief Justice, this criminal petition has been allotted to this Bench by notice dated 25.03.2025 and the same is treated as part of the roster effective from 26.03.2025. 2. A.1 in Crime No.25 of 2024 on the file of Rajamahendravaram III Town Police Station, East Godavari District, filed the present application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), seeking anticipatory bail. Initially the said crime was registered for the offences punishable under Sections 494, 420 and 506 r/w 34 IPC and Section 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of At