Bapanapalli Venkateswara Rao @ Venkat, v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
CRLP/5369/2025 · 2025-06-30
T C D Sekhar
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. ftgr I ,-_` [3521 I lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVAI]_,-_;a--ag:i TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT:
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.C.D. SEKHAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5369 OF 2025 / Between: Bapanapalli Venkateswara Rao @ Venkat, S/o. Gangadhara Rao. 47 yrs. Behind Nagarjuna Degree College, Patha Sujatha Nagar, Ongole Town (A- 7) Petitioner/Accused-7 AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh, Through I Town P.S. Ongole Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP, Amaravathi. Respondent/complainant petition under section 482 of BNSS (438 of Cr.P.C.,) is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit fI-led in Support Of the Criml|naI Petitl-on, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused on Anticipatory Bail in the event of arrest in cr. No 404/2023 on the file of I Town ps ongole, prakasam District, registered at the instance of I-nformation given by the de-facto complainant The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and the orders of the High Court dated.'15.05.2025 upon hearing the arguments of SRI NALLURI RAMESH ; BABU Advocate for the petitioner, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the court made the following --
-____'''L' ''T APHCO10260422025 EPEE IN THE HIG,H COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special OrigI-naI Jurisdiction) [3505] TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE I.C.D.SEKHAR QJi]_M]NAL PETITION NO: 5369/2025_ Between :
1.BAPANAPALLI VENKATESWARA RAO @ VENKAT, S/O.GANGADHARA RAO, 47 YRS., BEHIND NAGARJUNA DEGREE COLLEGE, PATHA SUJATHA NAGAR, ONGOLE TOWN. (A-7)
".PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Through I Town P.S. Ongole Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAP, Amaravathi. H.RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT PetI'tiOn under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and '528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the PetI'tiOner/Accused on Anticipatory Bail in the event of arrest in Cr.No.404/2023 on the file of I Town PS Ongole, Prakasam District, registered at the instance of information given by the de-facto complainant and pass any other order or orders as this HonJble Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:
1. NALLURI RAMESH BABU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:
1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
ORDER THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE I.C.D.SEKHAR /I CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5369 of 2025 The present Criminal Petition is filed under Sections 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha..Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity fthe BNSSJ), on behalf of petitioner/A7 'to grant an{icipatory bail in connection with crime No.404 of 2023 on the file of I Town Police Station, Ongole for the offences Lunder Sections 420, 467,468, 471 read with 34 of lPC. I
2. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner herein along with others created fabricated documents and submitted I'n the Sub-Registrar's office for registration as genuine documents by forging the signatures of revenue officials and health officer. Basing on the report gl-ven by the Joint Sub-Registrar, Ongole, the present crime has been registered against the petitioner and others.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that batch of Crimes have been registered against the petitioner based on the confessional Statement Of the CO-accused and nO Other incriminating material iS available I against the petitioner. He would further submit that the petitioner is falsely implicated in the present crime and he did not commit-any offence as alleged in the complaint.
4. On ttle other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the petitioner along with other accused created the fabricated docriments '\ by forging the signatures of the. revenue'officials and health officer and the b-:-
same were pleaded to be ge_nuine. He would further submit that the petitioner is involved in as many ?s 40 crimes and the investigation is pending.
5. - Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Public I Prosecutor. Perused the material available on record.
6. During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that in all the cases, wherein, the petitioner was shown as accused, this court in crl.p.No.3806 of 2025 and batch granted 'anticipatory bail by
order, dated` 30.04.2025. A copy of the order is placed before this Court. The same is not disputed by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Since the allegations leveled in all the cr'lmes against the petitioner are one and the same and having considered the submissions made by both the counsel, this Court is inclined to allow the present criminal petition by following the order, dated 30.04.2025 made in Crl.P.No.3806 of 2025 and batch.
7. 'Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the respondent police is directed to enlarge the petitioner on bail in the event of his arrest in connection with crime No.404 of 2023 on the file of I Town Poll'ce Station, Ongole, Prakasam District on his executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-with two sureties for lI-ke Sum each tO the Satisfaction Of the arresting police officials and also on condition that the petitioner shall make himself available for investigation as and when required and that he shall not I Cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses. cofz£ p +.st .-` .
FF---J=--`wi> - The petitioner shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned everyday between 10.00 a.m. and 05.00 p.m., I-Ill filing Of the Charge-Sheet, except on those days, whete he has to attend the Court. As a sequel, pending applicat'lOnS, if any, Shall Stand CIosed.
//TRUE COPY// sD/-K.J.RAJA BABU AS SslES:TAINoTNRo%ictRRAR I To,
1. The Station House Officer, I Town PoI®lce Station, Ongole (BY SPEED jgiv7 POST)
2. One CC to SRl. NALLURI RAMESH BABU Advocate [OPUC]
3. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of A.P[OUT1
4. One spare copy
\\ I LLi HIGH COURT TCDS,J DATED:01.07.2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.5369 of 2025 ALLOWED