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2025 DAILYLAW 21059 (AP)

D Koteswara Rao alias Siva v. The State of Andhra Pradesh,

CRLP/6079/2025 · 2025-06-26

K Sreenivasa Reddy

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E EIZil E= IN THE HIGH COURTOF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JUNE, # TWO THOUSANDAND TWENTY FIVE / T¥rffiO :PRESENT: NOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REbDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6079 OF 2025 /~ Between : 1. D.Koteswara Rao @ Siva, S/o. Veera Raghavaiah, Aged 46 years, R/o. D.No,1-19, Pennalapadu H.W., Thottambeclu Mandal, Tirupati District. 2. Kunja Balaram, S/o. K.veri`'-kateswarlu, Aged 48 years, R/o. D.No. 2/699-1, Kondamitta, Srikalahas{hi, Tjrupati District. ...Petitioners/Accused No.3 & 4 :....:_.AN_D The State of Andhra Pradesh, -Rep, by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 438 of Cr.P.C & 482 of BNSS, 2023, is filed praying that in the circumstances;:J§'tated in the grounds filed in support of the criminal petition, the High Courfr rfey be pleased to direct the Station House officer, srikalahasthi I Town Pd[hi66 station, srjkalahasthj, Tirupa{i, Kadapa District to release the Petitioners/Accused No,3 and 4 on bail in the event of their arrest in conn;ction with 6rime No.53/2025 of Srifafhasthi I Town police station, srikalahas{hi, Tl-rupati District. / The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arg`uments of Sri G.Ramesh Babu, Advocate for the Pet'ltioner and of Public Prosecutor for Respondent, the Court made the following I. i.. ;'r: i.." [3327] FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6079/2025 Between : D Koteswara Rao Alias Siva and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT counsel for the Petitioner/aCCuSed'(S): 1.G RAMESH BABU counsel for the Respondent/COmPIainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following-. ORDER: The Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik suraksha sanhita, 2023, is filed on behalf Of the Petitioners/A3 and A4 to grant ant-lcipatory bail in connection with crime No.53/2025 of srikalahasthi I Town Police Station, Tirupathi District. €t.I-I.I ,`- IElyE=hi 2 ~t 2. A case has been registered against the petitioners and others for the offences punishable u/See.143(2), 144(2) I/w 3(5) of B.N.S and sectl®on 3(1), 4(1), 5(1)(a), 7(1)(a) of p.I.T.Act. 3. case of the prosecution jn brief is that on o3.4.2025 at about 3.30pm, on credI'ble information, the s.I of Police, along wI'th medl'ators and staff, conducted ral'd a[ Ashtalakshmj Residency, located near super Bazar point (Theru street), srI'kalahasthi, and during raid, police found Al and A2 and four women jn Room No.101 of the sat-d res[-dency. During enqu['ry, the saI'd four women stated that they were engaged by A3 for prost!-tution jn the lodge by paying some amount for sharI'ng Sex with male customers, poll'ce recorded the statements of four victim women and arrested Al and A2. Thl's petition was filed by A3 and A4 for grant of anticjpatory bail. 4. Heard learned counsel for the petit[|oners and learned Assistant publI-C Prosecutor for respondent-state. perused the record. 5. Learned Assistant publl-c Prosecutor submits that I'nVeStigatI'On iS going on and some more wl'tnesses are to be examined. 6. A perusal of the material available on record goes to show that, basI-ng on the confessional statement of co-accused, names of the petl'tioners were added as accused in the present crime. Except the confessI-Onal statement, there is no other materI'al available on record to \,-_I i-I G=------m connect the peti{joners with the crime. ln vI-eW Of the facts and circumstances of the case, this court js I'nCII'ned to consider the prayer of the petitioners for grant of anticjpatory bail. 7. Accordingly, in the event of their arrest with regard to this crime, petitioners/A3 and A4 shall be released on bail on their executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only) each with two sLfretl-es for the [I'ke Sum each to the sat['sfactl-on of the arresting police offjcI-alS and also on condjtjon that the petitioners sha" make themselves available for investigatI'On aS and when required and that they sha" not cause' any threat, inducement or promise to the Prosecution Witnesses. The petI'{iOnerS Shall appear before the station House offI-Cer concerned, once jn a week i.e. on every sunday between 10.00 am and 05.00 pm, till fl-ling of the charge-sheet. 8. Accordingly, the criml-nal petition is allowed. I SD/-K. KASIRAO ACHAR! //TRUE COPY// ASSISTA SECTION -:-:: ISTRAR ICER To, 1. The Station House Officer, Srikalahasthi I Town Police Station, SrikalahasthI-, Tirupati District. 2. One CC to Sri G.Ramesh Babu, Advocate [opuc] 3. Two CCs toPUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of A.P.,. AmaravatI'. [O UT] 4. One spare copy. PSD HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED : 27/06/2025 ANTICIPATORY BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.6079 of 2025 ALLOWED fe-Tgch A+tw ~tlOttG`€thm~ ` I I 5:-ry*- T.I;?i,I I-- ''¢ `;#`}IT: Y'