Andhra Pradesh High Court
CRLP/4522/2026 of Srinivas alias Medapati Srinivas Vs The State of Andhra Pradesh on 28 May 2026
HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3573] FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BALAJI MEDAMALLI CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4522/2026 Between: 1. SRINIVAS ALIAS MEDAPATI SRINIVAS, ,S/O. RAMARAJU, AGED
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
AT AMARAVATI
(Special Original Jurisdiction)
FRIDAY,THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF MAY
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BALAJI MEDAMALLI
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4522/2026
Between:
1. SRINIVAS ALIAS MEDAPATI SRINIVAS, ,S/O. RAMARAJU, AGED
ABOUT 39 YEARS,R/O. D. NO.2-92/1, INDIRA GANDHI NAGAROLD
DIARY FARM, VISAKHAPATNAM CITY,VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT, A.P.
...PETITIONER/ACCUSED
AND
1. THE
STATE
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ANDHRA
PRADESH,
,Rep
by
its
Public
Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati.
...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT
Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:
1. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO
Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:
1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
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Order:
The Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNSS’), by the petitioner, who is accused No.1, seeking anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.68 of 2026 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 112(1), 318(4), 319(2) read with 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 66-D of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (as amended in 2008), and Sections 3 and 4 of the Andhra Pradesh Gaming Act.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, after arguing for some time, has confined his argument to the extent of protecting the petitioners herein from the police on the ground that the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years and prays this Court to direct the police to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 41A of Cr.P.C.
3. On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor did not oppose the same and concurred with the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner for the reason that the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years.
4. Heard. Perused the material on record.
5. Since the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years, this Court directs the police to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 41A of Cr.P.C. (Section 35 of BNSS, 2023)
scrupulously as per the guidelines enunciated in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar and another1.
6. With the above direction, the Criminal Petition is disposed of.
As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.
_____________________ JUSTICE BALAJI MEDAMALLI
Date:29.05.2026 ARB
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BALAJI MEDAMALLI
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4522/2026
Date: 29.05.2026
ARB