•\ lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI L= TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL, zr TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA ., CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2797 OF 2025 / •-i--=-=`* Betwee n : Salivendra Kiran, S/o Jakrajah, Age 32 years, R/o- D.No 4-38/2, Velagapudi Village, Thulluru MandaI, Guntur, AP-522503. . . .Petitioner/Accused 74 AND The State of A.P, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Through Station House-Officer, Thulluru Police Station Guntur District,AP. / ...Respondent Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (438 of Cr.P.C), praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant interim anticipatory bail to the petitioner in the event of petitioner's arrest relating to crime No. 390/2020 on the file of Station House Officer, Thullur P.S, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. / Counsel forthe petitioner : sri chiranjeevi Tanikonda Counsel for the Respondent : Assistant Public Prosecutor. The Court made the following ORDER: _ __ ___- 1 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY £BIMINAL PETITION NO: 2797 of 2LQ2± ORDER 1. The CrI'minal Petition, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, I'S filed on behalf of the Petitioner/accused No.74 to grant anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.390 of 2020 of Thulluru Police Station, Guntur District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner/accused No.74 and others for the offences punishable under sections 147,148,302,324 & 109 r/w 149 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on the night of 27.12.2020, on the abetment of one Nandigam suresh, M.P., nearly 100 persons of Madiga community including the petitioner and other accused, armed with knives, axes, iron rods and stones, attacked the Malapalli, created havoc and murdered the deceased when the deceased and her community people opposed an attempt to name Malapalli as sri Babu Jagjivan Ram Colony, without the permissl-on of the Government. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5. A perusal of the material available on record goes to show that the petitioner belongs to velagapudi village. There is no accusation in the F.I.R. against the petitioner herein. The petitioner l's arrayed as accused No.74 in the Crime No.390 of 2020. During ?-.fat `\_ 2 the course of investigation, witnesses have been examined by the police, wherein some of the witnesses are alleged to have stated that the petitioner was present at the scene of offence. Except the said statement, there is no other material showing that the petitioner was instrumental in the attack. lt is a case of free fight between members of both the groups resulting in death of the deceased and there were disputes between both the groups. on the alleged date of incident, both the groups pelted stones as against each other- 6| Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor Subm'ltS that entire investigation is completed and the police have filed charge-sheet. 7- ln viewofthe aforesaid reasons, this Court iS inclined tO grant To'1. The Station House Officer, Th`ulluru Police Station, Guntur District, AP A I. ,J^^.+a TOPI ]r,I I ne t5tatlOn House Ulllut=I , I H`ulI,u, -- - one cc to sri ch'lranjeevi Ta+nikOnda, Advocate [OPUC] Two CCs to Publ'lc Prosecutor (AP) High Court Of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 2. 3. 4. Onespare copy r\/a a HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED:01 /04/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.2797 of 2025 ALLOWED o4 APR 2025 ~