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.111 of 2025 of Payakaraopeta Police Station, Visakhapatnam District,
registered for the alleged offence punishable under Section 85, 89, 351(2)
read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS’) and
Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for brevity ‘the D.P.Act’) and
Section 92(b) of the Disability Act.
2. Sri Posani Venkateswarlu, learned Senior Counsel appearing for Sri
Ram Babu Devavarapu, learned counsel for the Petitioner, contends that the
Petitioner is the husband of Respondent No.2 and is employed as a Financial
Analyst with Bank of America. It is submitted that all the other accused in the
subject crime have already been enlarged on bail, except the Petitioner herein.
Except for the offence under Section 313 of ‘the I.P.C.,’ the remaining alleged
offences are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years.
