Joga Usha Lakshmi, Vs State of Andhra Pradesh

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IN THE HIGH COURTJ'oF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARA

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MONDAY ,THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE iSxpI_i?. ,

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:PRESENT:

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 984 OF 2025

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Betwee n :

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Joga Usha Lakshmi, W/o Srinivasa Rao, Aged about 41 years, Occ Govt. Teacher, R/o Door No.2-14-175, Amudala, Appalaswamy Colony Eluru Town, Eluru Mandal, West Godavari District.

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Petitioner/Accused No.4

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AND

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State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati.

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Respondent

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Petition under Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C, (New Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS, 2023) praying that in the circumstances stated in the affldavjt filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/A4 on bail in connection with FIR No.9/2025 dated 05/01/2025 registered on the file of Station House Officer, Bhimunipatnam Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate district for offence under section 108 read with 3 (5) BNS

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COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER : SRI. D KODANDARAMI REDDY

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COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT : PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

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THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING ORDER

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdiction)

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FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY

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CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 984 of 2025

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Betwee n :

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Joga Usha Lakshmi,

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...PETITIONER/ACCUSED

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AND

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State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT

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Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

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D KODANDARAMI REDDY

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Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

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1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

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The Court made the following Order:

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The Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the

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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 -ls filed on behalf of the petitioner/accused No.4 seeking regular bail in Crime No.09 of 2025 of Bhimunipatnam Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate.

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A case has been regl'stered against the petitioner and others

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for the offence punishable under section 108 read with 3 (5) B.N.S.

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Case of the prosecution is that, the deceased Botta Srinivasa Raowas married the informant Botta Varalakshmi and they have one daughter and one son. Their daughter yamini was given in marriage with Al in the year 2020. But due to some disputes between them, Yamini used to stay in her parents' house at Gollalapalem, Bheemunipatnam. seven days prior to 25.12.2024, the deceased went to hl's parents' village Kaligiri. The deceased was continuously thl'nking about the marriage life of his daughter and disputes and went in depression and committed suicide by hanging himself in his brother's house at Kaligiri. On seeing the same, brother of the deceased informed the incident to the informant.

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Heard. Perused the record.

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The learned `counsel for the petitioner submits that police

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have examined as many as o5 witnesses and recorded their statements. The accused Nos.1 to 3 were already enlarged on anticipatory bail.

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A perusal of the material goes to showthatthe petitionerwas

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arrested on 10.01.2025 and since then, she is in judicial custody. The petitI'Oner herein is the accused No.4. This Court by its order

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sl ife r`fa

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9 unH Era

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dated 30.01.2025, enlarged the accused Nos.1 to 3 on anticl'patory

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bail.

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The learned AssI®Stant Public Prosecutor submI-tS that major Part Of the investigation iS completed except filing of charge-sheet.

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ln vI'eW Of the aforesaid facts and cI-rCumStanCeS, this Court is

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jncll'ned to grant bail to the petitioner/accused No.4 herein, on the

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followI-ng conditions.

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(i) The petitioner/accused No.4 herein shall be released on her executing a personal bond for Rs.10,00or (Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned XV Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Bheemunipatnam.

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(ii) on release, the petitioner/accused No.4 shall appear before the Station House officer concerned once in a week i.e. on every sunday between 10.00 a.m. and o5.00 p.m., till filing of the charge-sheet,

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