Polamarasetty Ratnaraju Ratan Raju, v. The State of Andhra Pradesh,
CRLP/5767/2025 · 2025-06-05
Kiranmayee Mandava
body2025
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl ffr&~ %g_`iSffif FRIDAY,THE SIXTH DAYOFJUNE / TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE || PRESENT.- !::3!!ix,!?:A:``rdr`-- \, THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANE CRIMINAL PETITION NO.I 5767 OF 2025 / Between : I. polamarasetty Ratnaraju Ratan Raju, S/o late Praksha Rao, age 46 years, R/o Flat No.502, lndraprastha Apartment, opp. NSTL Gate, NAD Junction, Vjsakhapatnam Town and District. ....Petitioner/Accused No.3 AND The state of Andhra pradesh, Rep. by station House Officer; / Bheemunl'patnam police Stall-On, Visakhapatnam cI-ty, Repz. by I-tS Public Prosecutor, High court of Andhra pradesh, Amaravathi ...Respondent/complainamE petition under section 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C/ Under Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS praying that jn the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the criminal petltiOn, the High Court may be pleased to release on interim ba" to the petitioner/Accused No.3 in Crime No.¢~ 413/2024 regI'Stered at Bheemunipatnam police station, visakhapatnam city, subject to condI-tjOnS. The Petition coml-ng on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of grounds filed jn support thereof and upon hearing the
arguments of SRI N RAVI PRASAD Advocate for the petitioner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent, the court made the following
lN THE HIGII COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Orig-lnal Jurisdiction) [3458] FRIDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5767/2025 Betwee n : polamarasetty Ratnaraju Ratan Raju, ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT counsel for the Petitioner/accused:
1.N RAVI PRASAD counsel for the Respondent/complainant:
1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:
ORDER: This criminal petition under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (in short lBNSS') is filed by the petitioner/accused No.3 to grant regular bail in connection With Crime No.413 of 2024 of Bheemunipatnam Police Station of Visakhapatnam commissionerate for the offences punishable under sections 318(4),
308(2),127(2),123,131., 351(2),109, 61(2) of BNSS and Section 67(A) of lTA 2000 -2008. 2. Heard the submissions of the learned counsel for petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the respondent/State. 3. The case of the prosecution is that the de-facfo complainant has made complaint against the accused No.1 that she has induced the de-facfo complainant and acquaintance has developed between them and she has started extracting money from him and further blackmailed him with the intimate photos of the de-facfo complainant and the accused No.1. Further alleged that accused No.1 had induced the de-facfo complainant hall to marry her, prevented him from visiting his parents and confined him in locked premises and administered intoxicating substances. It is further stated that he thus unable to bare L\- the torture meted out to him and approached the Police and lodged a complaint against accused No.1. During the course of investigation, from the call data of the petitioner with the accused No.1, the Police have implicated the petitioner as accused No.3 in the subject crime. 4. lt is contended by the learned counsel for the Petitioner that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the subject case and intact he himself is a victim in the hands of the accused No.1. She had induced him to transfer certain sums from time to time which are around =-EL Rs.7,00,000/- and it is further Stated that the Petitioner iS nO Way < --`- ---`--, - ; --I
I- COnneCted With the alleged offence alleged to have been committed against the de+acfo complainant. lt is further stated that the petitioner is a chronic heart patient and requires constant medical treatment and thus urges for enlargement on bail by imposing any conditions. lt is further argued that the accused No.1 has already been enlarged on baI'I v,'de order of this Court in Criminal Petition No.8542 of 2024, on
09.12.2024. ln the said circumstances, the learned counsel argues that the accused No.1 is on bail and there is no justification in confining the petitioner in Jail. 5.
Having regard to the contentions advanced, this court deems it appropriate to pass the following order: i) The petitioner/accused No.3 shall be enlarged on bail on executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two sureties of the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned XV Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Bheemunipatnam, Visakhapatnam DistrI-Ct. ii) The petitioner shall mark his attendance before the I'nVeStigating Officer On lst and 15th of every month between 10.00 AM and 1.00 PM for a period of three months or till filing of the charge sheet whichever is earlier. -=fro
4 jil-) The petitioner sha" make hI-mSelf avallable for I-nvestl'gation as and when required and he sha" not, dlrectly or lndl'rectly, make any inducement, threat or promI'Se to any persons acqual-nted with the
facts of the case to d[lssuade them from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police offl|cer. jv) The petitioner shall not I|ndulge jn sjmI'Iar acts of crI'me. v) The petl-tioner must regularly partl'cI|Pate I-n the pre-trial and trial Process Without faI'' before the competent court.
6. With the above directions, the criminal Petition I-S allowed. As a sequel, pendllng miscellaneous applications, jf any, sha" stand closed. sAg!= E£=¥E*± _AY_A ishis is -:- AIf=_Q!eIT A 1._ ASS ES3TArii i.` . ` i } SECTIOR& //TRUE COPY Ia n\,.`ouIcy)-`tlLri\
6. PSR The xv Additional Metropoll-tan VI'Sakhapatnam District I R,A !R uL-I lung ®EgrEGEE? rorAOoloI^J`] l`____ Magl-strafe, Bheemunl-patnam, The superl-ntendent, central Prison, visakhapatnam. Tv_#seak_hsatpa=tonnamHDOiustSr=:: ` -6fil:l=r:" i :#eae^#=nP-Epl=tanranin police station , one cc to SRI. N RAVI PRASAD Advocate [opuc] Two cos to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High court of Andhra pradesh [OUT] One spare copy
HIGH COURT KM,J DATE D.. 06/06/2025 BAIL ORDER |k>t.,.= CRLP.No.5767 of 2025 ALLOWED