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KUPPILI ASHARANI @ SHRAVANI v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

CRLP/3452/2025 · 2025-04-10

T Mallikarjuna Rao

Public Interest Litigationbody2025

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1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI^I^^^ THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE iPRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3452 OF 2025 Between: Kuppili Asharani @ Shravani, W/o Santosh Kumar, Aged 34 years, R/o D.No.57-20/2, Urvasi Junction, Kancharapalem, Visakhapatnam. .. .Petitioner/Accused-7 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh At Amaravati. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS, 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 release the petitioner/Accused-7 on bail in Cr.No.46 /2025 under section 310(2) BNSS 2023 on the file of the Bheemunipatnam Police Station, Visakhapatnam. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of M/s DURGA SREE DEVI Advocate for the Petitioner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent; ' APHC010163212025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY,THE TENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE [3369] PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3452/2025 Between: Kuppili Asharani @ Shravani ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.DURGASREE DEVI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal Petition, u/Sec.480 & 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A7, seeking bail, in Crime No.46/2025 of Bheemunipatnam Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate. A case has been registered against the petitioner and others for the offence punishable u/Sec.310(2) of B.N.S. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/State. 2. 3. 2 that, the defacto complainant is a Srikakulam District. On 18.01.2025 in the Case of the prosecution, in brief, is resident of Pedda Sariyapalli 4. call and he disconnected the same, while he was returning from number and from afternoon hours, he received a phone the morning hours Again on 19.01.2025 in call from the same Narayana school, he received phone unknown lady/A7 who informed that she is very known to him and to Mudugullu area as she was the same enquired his details. She asked him to come coming to meet him and that he came to A6 approached him ANITS college junction. When he and informed that he A4 and A5 took the waiting there, A1 to kidnapped one lady was and took him away from there and took him to Raghu engineering defacto complainant on a scooty A3 followed them on scooty and A6 followed on another isolated place on the college. A1 to took the defacto complainant to an scooty. A1 to A6 left side of Fortune hills lay out, near and A6 caught hold of the defacto A1 to A6 threatened and beat him Raghu engineering college. Then A3 complainant rightly and detained there, . Further A1 fisted on his face whereas and robbed his phone password. They to A6 disclose the said incident to anyone and bring the defacto complainant to Basing on the complaint of the defacto to disclose his phonepe . Thereafter A1 and threatened him took cash of Rs.40,000/- from phonepe app threatened the defacto complainant with dire consequences not to and left him. A1 to A7 hatched a plan the isolated place and robbed money, complainant, the above said crime 3 was registered and investigated into. During the course of investigation, the petitioner was remanded to judicial custody on 24.01.2025. Heard. Perused the record. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that investigation in this case was completed charge sheet was also filed before the Court concerned. The petitioner has no antecedents and submitted that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 7. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the facts of the present petition stands on the same footing as that of A4 and A4 was granted bail by this Court vide orders in Crl.P.No.2031 of 2025 dated 27.3.2025 and to allow the Criminal Petition. After careful observation of the material on record and submissions made on behalf of both sides, it shows that the petitioner has been in judicial custody from 24.01.2025 and investigation is completed, charge sheet also filed and as stated by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor that the petitioner has no antecedents. This Court found that further detention of the petitioner is not required as charge sheet is filed. This Court has perused the order in Crl.P.No.2031 of 2025 dated 27.3.2025 in which A4 was granted bail by this Court in this Crime and the facts of the present petition stands on the same footing as that of A4 to this petitioner. It is submitted that the petitioner has permanent abode and there is no possibility of her fleeing away from justice. Considering the entire material on record, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner with some conditions. 5. 6. prays 8. was } 4 9. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: (i) The petitioner/A7 herein shall be released on her executing a personal bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned VI Additional District and Sessions Judge- Mahila Court, Visakhapatnam; (ii) On release, the petitioner shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned on every Sunday between 10.00 and 01.00 p.m., for a period of three (03) months, (iii) the petitioner shall not tamper with the evidence hamper the investigation and shall cooperate for investigation. cum- a.m. and SD/-U.SRI DEVI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR ^ SECTION OFFICER //TRUE COPY// F R To, ■ %■- WIW I ^ Dislricf^^'^"^ '^uclge, Mahila Court at Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam Judge-cum-Mahila Court, Visakhapatnam 2. The VI Additional District and Sessions Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District 3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Visakhapatnam District ^o^se Officer, Bheemunipatnam Police Station Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District 5. One CC to M/s DURGA SREE DEVI, Advocate [OPUCl 6. Two^CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra 7. One spare copy Pradesh PSR HIGH COURT TMR,J dated -.10/04/2025 bail order CRLP.No.3452 of 2025 ALLOWED 0 fO ml X Oj,