IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE: RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8824 of 2010 Between: 1 Putti Venkata Siva Ramakrishna, S/o. Sri Putti Chalapathi Rao, 2 Smt. Putti Kondamma, W/o. Sri Chalapathi Rao, 3 Putti Chalapathi Rao, S/o. Late Anjaneyulu, 4 Dokku Rama Devi, W/o. Sri Veera Malleswara Ro, 5 Dokku Veera Malleswara Rao, Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 5 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by it Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. Respondent/ Complainant COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONERS : SRI. T. RAJINIKANTH REDDY COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT : THE ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR Petition under Section 438 of Crl.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the memo of grounds filed herein, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioners on bail in the event of their arrest in Cr.No.75/2010 on the file of P.S., Guduru, Krishna District The Court made the following Order “This Criminal petition under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is fled by the petitioners, who are A-1 to A-5, seeking anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.75 of 2010 of Gudur Police Station, Krishna District, registered for the offences punishable under Section 498-A read with Section 34 IPC against the petitioners. The main allegation against the petitioners is that the petitioners along with other accused harassed the complainant physically and mentally for additional dowry. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. 2 The first petitioner is the husband of the defacto complainant, petitioners 2 and 3 are in-laws of the defacto complainant, petitioner No.4 is the sister-in-law and petitioner No.5 is the husband of the fourth petitioner. As such, their arrest may prejudice the future settlement, if any, between the parties. Considering the same, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the criminal petition is allowed and the petitioners, in the event of their surrender before the Station House Officer, Gudur Police Station, Krishna District, within fifteen days from today, shall be enlarged on bail on their executing a personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties for the likesum each to the satisfaction of the said Station House Officer; and they shall appear before the said Station House Officer as and when required for the purpose of investigation.” Sd/-M. UMARANI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The Special Sessions Judge-cum-X Addl. District & Sessions Judge, Krishna at Machilipatnam 2. The Judicial First Class Special Mobile Magistrate, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 3. The Station House Officer, Guduru Police Station, Krishna District 4. The Station House Officer, Chilakalapudi Police Station, Machilipatnam, Krishna District 5. Two CCs to Additional Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 6. One CC to Sri. T. Rajinikanth Reddy, Advocate (OPUC) 7. One Spare Copy Note: In the operative portion of the order dated 3-9-2010 in Criminal Petition No.8824 of 2010 “Crime No.107 of 2010 and name of the Police Station “Chilakalapudi, Machilipatnamn, Krishna District” are corrected as “Crime No.75 of 2010 and name of the Police Station “Gudur, Krishna District” as per the order of the court dated 23-9-2010 made inCrl.P.MP.No.8650 of 2010. Substitute this amended order in place of the previous order which was already dispatched on 7-9-2010. Sd/-M. UMARANI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR HIGH COURT REJ DATE: 3-9-2010 23-9-2010 AMENDED BAIL ORDER CRL.P. NO. 8824 OF 2010 DIRECTION Drafted by: KK Drafted on: 7-9-2010 HIGH COURT REJ DATE: 3-9-2010 BAIL ORDER CRL.P. NO. 8824 OF 2010 DIRECTION