The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C.,’)/Section 528 of the
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) seeking to
grant pre-arrest bail to the Petitioner/Accused No.1 in Crime No.69 of 2025 of
Nandyal I Town Police Station, Nandyal District registered for the alleged
offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 336(2), 336(3), 340(2) read with
3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS’).
2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant
Public Prosecutor. Perused the record.
3. Even in the petition for grant of pre-arrest bail, the learned counsel for
the petitioner submits that the alleged offences are punishable with
imprisonment for less than seven (07) years. Therefore, the petitioner is
entitled to the benefit under Section 35(3) of ‘the BNSS.,’ in view of the
judgments of the Hon’ble Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar1
and Md.Asfak Alam v. the State of Jharkhand2.
