The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) by
the petitioner/Accused No.1 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection
with Crime No.45 of 2025 on the file of Steelplant Police Station,
Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, registered for the alleged offences
punishable under Sections 318 (4), 336 (3), 340 (2) read with 3 (5) of the
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS’).
2. The case of the prosecution is that on 05.06.2025 at 17.00 hours
the complainant reported that his father was working as a foreman in the
BF-2 Department. He had completed B.Sc. and was searching for jobs
at that time. He approached Chukka Pavan Reddy, who is a friend of
real estate consultant Shiva. The said accused person offered a job in
the Revenue Department to the complainant. Based on that, the
complainant gave an amount of Rs.8,00,000/- through various
transactions in the presence of Chukka Purna, who is the Accused No.2
in the present case and the wife of Chukka Pavan Reddy,
petitioner/Accused No.1. Later, the accused neither provided the job and
nor returned the money to the complainant. Thereafter, the accused
Dr. YLR, J
Dated 21.07.2025
gave a cheque bearing number 40990388891. The complainant
deposited the cheque in the bank, but it was returned due to insufficient
balance in the said account. Later, he came to know that the accused
persons, Accused Nos.1 and 2, had cheated the complainant. Basing on
the said report of the complainant, a case was registered against the
petitioner/Accused No.1.
