Ganta Vamsi v. the State of Andhra Pradesh
Anticipatory bail – Section 482, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Case brief
What is this about?
APHC010051172025; Criminal Petition No.1087 of 2025; High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati; K. Sreenivasa Reddy, J.; decided 13.02.2025; anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; petition dismissed as not maintainable because applicants (Ganta Vamsi and others) were not arrayed as accused in Crime No.256 of 2024 of Eluru III Town Police Station; offences under Sections 331(4) and 305(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; alleged theft of gold ornaments worth Rs.2,41,000/-.
What did the court decide?
The petitioners are not arrayed as accused in the crime (a fact concurred in by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor), and when the petitioners are not arrayed as accused in the present crime, the question of granting anticipatory bail to them does not arise. ¶23