Ashwin vs. The State Of Andhra Pradesh
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Order Issued After Hearing
Purpose:
Disposed
Before:
Hon'ble K Suresh Reddy
Listed On:
26 Jun 2023
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HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SURESH REDDY
CRIMINAL PETITION No.3673 of 2023
ORDER:-
This Criminal Petition, under Section 438 Cr.P.C., is filed seeking release of the petitioner on bail in the event of his arrest in connection with Crime No.3 of 2022 on the file of Cyber Crime Police Station, CID, Mangalagiri.
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The above crime has been registered for the offences punishable under Sections 419 & 420 I.P.C. and Section 66D of the Information Technology Act, 2000. The complaint lodged by the Section Officer, J-Special Section, High Court of A.P., is the basis for registration of the above crime.
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Heard and perused the record.
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According to the allegations made in the complaint, the Registrar (Vigilance) of the High Court of A.P. received messages in WhatsApp from the offender's WhatsApp account having profile picture of the then Hon'ble The Chief Justice and the offender, by personating the then Hon'ble The Chief Justice, asked the Registrar to send Amazon E-Gift Vouchers worth Rs.2,00,000/- in total and on sending the same, the same were redeemed by the offender. On noticing that
similar requests were received by the colleague officers, the defacto complainant was instructed to lodge the report.
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Having considered the entire material on record and in view of the nature of the offences alleged, this Court is not inclined to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner.
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Accordingly, this criminal petition is dismissed.
_________________ K. SURESH REDDY, J
Dt: 26.06.2023 IBL