Andhra Pradesh High Court – Amravati
Ramulaboyina Srinivasulu, vs The State Of Andhra Pradesh, on 27 June, 2025
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI\`Jf7J
FRIDAY ,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JUNE uJ
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE u7-
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THE HONOURABLE SR[ JUSTICE K SREEN[VASA REDDYl=Tr-
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6003 OF 2025 ,i.,-A-a.i,
Between :
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Ramulaboyina Srinivasu'uH S/o Ramakrishna, Aged about 39 years,
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H.No. 81-279-6, Ramakrishna Nagar, Kallur Mandal, Kurnool district.
Petitioner/Accused No.5 tr
AND
The State of Andhra PradeshH Rep.by its Public Prosecutor, Through Station
House Officer Maharanipeta Po1-lee Station, Visakhapatnam City
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petition under sections Zl37 and 439 of Cr.P.C(New Sections 480 and
483l;i Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita,2023), is filed praying that in the
circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support Of
the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge/release
the petitioner herein/ Accused No.5 on regular bail in Crime No.162 of 2025 ~ `
of Maharanipeta Police Slat-Ion, Visakhapatnam City dated 08.12.2024. u#
The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the
memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the
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arguments of Sri AYESHA AZMA S, Advocate for the Petitioner and of
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for Responclent, the Court made the following
ORDER
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APHCO10292302025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA
PRADESH
AT AMARAVATI [3327]
(Spe-ciaI Original Jurisdiction)
FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JUNE
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE J
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY
cR[M]NAL PETITION NO: 6003/2025
Between :
Ramulaboyina Srinivasulu, .HPETITIONER/ACCUSED
AND
The State Of Andhra H.RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT
Pradesh
Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:
1.AYESHA AZMA S
Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:
1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
The Court Made the Fo[[owincI Order:-
This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by
the petitioner/A5, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.1,62 of 2024
of Maharanipeta Police Station, registered for the offencespunishable under Sections 108, 79, 351(2) of BNS and Sections
66-C and 67-A of the IT Act.
2. Case ofth6 prosecutioh, in brief, js that, o8.12.2024, the
informant filed a report before the police stating that she was
doing house keeping work in s-Imhadri Hospital. Her husband
surada Nare’ndra (hereinafter called as deceased), had taken a
loan for an amount of Rs.2,000/-from online app, subsequently,
he could repay and that on 07.12.2024, she received whatsapp
call informing that the deceased had taken loan for Rs.2,000/-
and also some obscene morphed photographs of. the informant
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and the deceased. on that, she pal-d Rs.2,000/- through
phonepe. she es usual went to Hospital to attend her duty. on
07.01.2024, she received a phone call from her brother-in-law
stating that the deceased died by hanging with saree in their
room.
3. Learned counsel for the petI-tiOner SubmI-tS that the
petitI’Oner has been languishing in jail for the last 137 days, but
till today no charge sheet has been filed. She further submits
that going by the accusations contained in the remand report, an
offence under Sectl-on 108 of the BNS would not attract as
agaI’nSt the petI’tiOner herein.
4. On the other hand, learned Assistant public Prosecutor
submitted that police did not fI’le Charge Sheet in the present
crime and the investigation is still pending.
5. Heard. Perused the record.
6. A perusal of the material on record goes to show that,
there llS any amount of ambiguity whether an offence under
Section 108 BNS would attract as against the petI-tiOner herein.
In order to attract an offence under section 108 BNS, all the
essential ingredients of section 45 of BNS have to be compII-ed
with. ln the present case, the accusations that have been made
agaI®nSt the petI-tiOner herein are that he sent some obscene
morphed photographs of the informant and the deceased, upon
which, the deceased I-S alleged to have taken the extreme step
of committing suicide, and there is any amount of ambI-guity
whether the said accusations would attract an offence under
Section 108 BNS, and pr,|ma fac,-e there is no accusation as
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against the petitioner with regard to instigation or aiding of the
deceased to commit suicide.
7. ln vl’ew of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the
case, this Court is incII’ned tO grant bail to the petitioner/A5 on
the fo]IowI-ng conditions.
i) The petitioner/A5 shall be released on bail on his
executing personal bond for Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand
only) with two sureties of the like sum each to the satisfactI’On Ofthe learned ll Additional chief Judicial Magistrate,
Visakhapatnam.
ii) On release, the petitioner shall appear before the
Station House Officer concerned, once in a week i.e. on every
Sunday, between 10.00 AM and 1.00 PM, till filing of the chargesheet-
8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed.
sD,-M.PRABinAKARA FiAO
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1. The lI Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Visakhapatnam.hepp
2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Visakhapatnam. of`
3. The Station House Officer Maharanipeta Police Station, Visakhapatnam
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4. One CC to SRI. AYESHA AZMA S Advocate [OPUC] ur
5. Two CCs to the PUBLIC PROSECUTO5L Lligh Court ofA.P [OPUC]
6. One spare copy
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DATED : 27/06/2025
BAIL ORDER
CRLP.No.6003 of 2025
ALLOWED