IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND THREE : PRESENT : THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE : C.Y.SOMAYAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No. 5394 of 2003 Between: 1. Ch.Nagaratnam 2. Ch.Venkatalakshmi. Petitioners (Accused in Cr.No.144/2003 of Nidadavolu P.S., W.G.District) AND The State of A.P., rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. Respondent/ Complainant Petition under Section 438 of Cr. P.C. praying the High Court to direct the Station House Officer, Nidadavolu Police Station to release the petitioners on bail in the event of their arrest in connection with Crime No. 144 of 2003 of Nidadavolu Police Station, West Godavari District. The Petition coming on for hearing upon perusing the petition and Grounds filed herein, and the order of the High Court dated. 18-11-2003 and made herein and upon hearing the arguments of Mr. I.V.N.Raju, Advocate for the Petitioners and of the Asst. Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following ORDER: “ This is an application for anticipatory bail in Crime No. 144 of 2003 of Nidadavolu Police Station, West Godavari District, under Sections 420, 409, 477(A) r/w. 34 IPC. In view of the allegations made against the petitioners, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to them. But in view of the fact that the petitioners are ladies, they are at liberty to surrender before the concerned magistrate and move an application for bail. If advance intimation of the bail application is given to the concerned Assistant Public Prosecutor, the learned magistrate shall dispose of the bail application on merits on the same day, keeping in view the fact that the petitioners are ladies. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The SHO, Nidadavolu Police Station, Nidadavolu, West Godavari District. 2. Two CCs to Asst. Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. (OUT) 3. One CC to Mr. I.V.N.Raju, Advocate (OPUC) 4. One spare copy. SAH