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Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:
1. PETLURI NAGA RAJU
Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S):
1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
The Court made the following ORDER:
1) This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik
Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNSS’) is filed on behalf of the petitioner /
A.1 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.257 of 2024 of Eluru II Town Police
Station, Eluru District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections
318(4), 308(2), 308(5), 351(2), 74, 77, 78, 111(2) r/w 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya
Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNS’).
2) The prosecution’s case, in brief, is that the defacto complainant
borrowed a sum of Rs.40,000/- at an interest rate of 2% from the uncle of
Medapati Sudhakara Reddy, i.e., the petitioner / A.1. Subsequently, A.2, A.3,
and one Vidya Sagar visited the residence of the defacto complainant during
his absence. During their visit, they allegedly behaved indecently with the
complainant’s wife and coerced her into handing over three blank promissory
notes bearing her signature, along with a gold ring. It is further alleged that A.2
pulled the saree of the complainant’s wife and made several improper
demands, including the extortion of a substantial amount of money from her