't IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI`_,~+Jf'7 THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF MAYv/ TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE Jp :PRESENT: JJ THE HONOURABLE b-k JUSTICE Y-LAKSHMANA RA®rfJ, CRIMINAL PETITION NO.I 5605 OF 2025 v Between: 1. Aakula Chi#na Reddy~@ Chinna Reddy, S/o. Gangi Redqy, Aged 59 years, R/o. D.No.4, Seethanagaram Village, KunavaripaIIi Post, and Panchayathi, Kahajipet Mandal, Kadapa District. \f 2. Rasuga\fiTa subbarayudu @ R.Subbarayudu, S/o. Pedda Venkata Subaiah, Aged 44 years, Seethanagaram village, KunavaripaIIi Post, and Panchayathi, Kahajipet'Mandal, Kadapa District.L/ ...Petitioners/Accused No. 3 & 4 AND -.,i/, The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, At Amaravati. zE= E ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 480` & 483 of BNSS is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the criminal petition, the,High C{`6urf may be pleased to release the petitioners/accused no. 3 & 4 on bail pending investigation, inquiry and trial in / crime No.17/2025 of RSASTF Pdli6e station TirupatI', Tirupati District l~ The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the BEE arguments of SRI D PURNACHANDRA REDDY Advocate for the Petitioners, and of PUBLIC PROSE9UTOR for the Respondent, and the Court made the following ORDER: ut- -.'*'l DEB APHCO10274232025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIIV]INAL PETITION NO: 5605/2025 [3521] Between: Aakula Chinna Reddy @ Chinna Reddy and u.PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) another AND The State of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. D PURNACHANDRA REDDY ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Respondent/complainant.- 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following order: The Criminal Petition has been filed under sections 480 and 483 of the Bhara{iya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity tthe BNSSJ), seeking to enlarge the petitioners/Accused Nos.3 and 4 on bail in Cr.No.17 of 2025 of RSASTF Police Station, Tirupati District, registered against the petitioners herein/Accused Nos.3 and 4 for the offences punishable under sections 303(2) I/w 3(5) BNS, Sections 49, 61(2) BNS and Sections 29(1)(d)(i)(a) I/w Q`-= s<`'- `t section 20(1)(c)(ii)(iii)(iv)(x), Section 36(a) r/w 32(A) of A.P Forest (Amendment) Act, 2016. 2. The case of the prosecution in nutshell is that accused Nos.1 and 2 were found in possession of 08 red sander logs weighing 186 kgs, TVS Star City Plus and Honda Shine motor cycle and the police arrested them and basing on their confession, the petitioners herein/accused Nos.3 and 4 were arrested on 10.04.2024 and remanded to judicial custody. 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 4. Perused the record. 5. Sri D.Purna Chandra Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have not committed any offence; petitioners were falsely implicated by the police in the crime; petitioners had absolutely no role and participation in the alleged commission of offence; accused Nos.1 and 2 were already released on bail in Criminal Petition No.4938 of 2025; petitioners would abide by any conditions to be imposed by this Court; and urged to allow the petition. 6. Per confra, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, opposed in granting of bail stating that some more material witnesses have to be exam1-ned; investigation iS not completed; if the Petitioners are enlarged on bail, they would not be available for the investigation and they would escape ii! E= \ from the clutcThes of law; and urged to dismiss the bail petition. <----___ \\ I? 7. As seen from the record, the petitioners have been in the judicial custody for the past 42 days. The petitioners are residents of Seethanagaram village, Kunavaripalli Panchayat, Kahajipet Mandal, Kadapa District. lf the petitioners are enlarged on bail with stringent conditions, they would not flee away from the clutches of the law, and interest of the justice would be served. 8. Keeping in view of the period of detention undergone by the petitioners herein/Accused Nos.3 and 4 in judicial custody for more than 42 days and accused Nos.1 and 2 have already enlarged on bail in Criminal Petition No.4938 of 2025 dated 09.05.2025, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioners on bail with the following stringent conditions. 9. ln the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions.- i). The petitioners shall be enlarged on bail subject to their executing a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only)I With two Sureties each for the like Sum each tO the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First class for Trial of cases relating to Red Sander Smuggling, Tirupati. ii). The petitI-OnerS Shall appear before the Station House Officer, RSASTF Police Station, Tirupati District, on every Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till cognizance is taken by the learned the Trial Court. iii). The petitioners shall not leave the limits of the District without prior permission from the learned Judicial Magistrate of / First Class for Trial of cases relating to Red Sander Smuggling, Tirupati. iv). The petitioners shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. v). The petitioners shall cooperate with the investigating officer in further investigation of the case and shall make themselves available for interrogation by the investigating officer as and when required. vi. The petitioners shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade them from disclosing such I:--1^ +A +ha r.nllrt or to any Police Officer. To, 1. 2- KN //TRUE COPY// I SD/-M. PRABHAKAR RAO A S S I SsTEAcNTl#cR:R: SPI SessIOns Judge for Trall of Red smuggllng cases, TJruPathI The station House offl'cer, RSASTF Pollce statlon, Tirupatl Dl'strict. Thp -QIlr\z±rI.r|+---I_ I - 3. The superl'ntendent, specl-al JaU Tl'rupatl- Djstrl'ct. __.__ v.u.,ul,, , IluPall IJlsmct. 4 The JudI'CIal MagIStrate of Flrst class for trlal of cases relatlng to the Red sander smuggII'ng, TI'ruPatl-Distrl-ct. 5 One cc to sRl. D PURNACHANDRA REDDY, Advocate [opucJ 6 Two cos to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, Hlgh court of Andhra pradesh [OUT] 7. One spare copy HIGH COURT DR.YLR,J DATED :22/05/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.5605 of 2025 ALLOWED .RIJT` '\=gr £ dr; I; •\ I \EL\ \\\\