El a E!. lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI rf€ | ® - TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6121 OF 2025 Between : Karri Mani Kumar, S/o Kanna Rao, Age 44 years, Akkayyapalem, vlshakhapatnam, at present D.No.63-8-911, 6th lane. Balaji Nagar, Old Guntur, Guntur District. ...Petitioner/Accusedi •AND State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh, at Amaravathi ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 480.a 483 of BNSS, 2023 is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in memorandum of grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarged on bail to the petitioner/Accused (A5) on Regular ball petition in Crime No.34/2025 on the file of the S.H.O Biccavole P.S. and release the petitioner on such terms and conditions; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and memorandum of grounds of criminal petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Jaggarlapudi Kotayya, Advocate for the Petitioner and Public Prosecutor for the Respondent, the Court made the following; ORDERII This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A5, |`* `tttfrta // I I.-I.a. 2 seeking bail, in Crime No.34/2025 of Biccavole police station, East Godavari District. 2. A case has been registered againstthe petitioner and othersforthe offences under sections 179, 180, 318(4) of B.N.S. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, this I'S a Case Of Cheating using counterfeit currency as genuine possession of counterfeit currency and making counterfeit currency that occurred o1.02.2025 at ll.30 am at Sri Ganga Car Garage, Main Road, Biccavole (V), & (M), E.G.Dist and reported on 03-02-2025 at 3.00 pm, in which the complainant Palli Rambabu stated that one unknown person came near to the shop of the complainant and told that his Ashok lay land company Bada Dosth Van has not been started and stopped at Biccavole police station. on that he along with a mechanic by name Akula Pavan went to the Biccavole Police station and brought the vehicle to the Garage of Akula Pavan with the support of another vehiclel After checking the vehicle, the mechanic told to the unknown accused that it would cost Rs.10,000/-to repair the van. Then the unknown accused gave four notes of Rs.500/- i.e., total r Rs.2,000/- as advance and told that the remaining would be given after repair. Later the complainant observed that given four notes of Rs.5OO/- and found that the said notes were fake currency. He came to Biccavole PS and reported the matter. The petitioner was arrested on 15.02.2025. J~ d5Zf? \..\ a, / I 3 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the petitioner has been languished in jail from 15.02.2025 and he further submitted that except the petitioner i.e. A5 all the other accused were released on bail by the Sessions Court. He placed copies of the or-ders vide Crl.M.P.Nos.82, 65 and 50 of 2025 for the accused no.3, 6 and 7 respectively and prays to allow the criminal petition. 5. I On the. other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor also confirms non-filing of charge sheet by the police and submitted that some more witnesses are to be examined and prays to dismiss the criminal petition. 6. Heard both sides.. 7. A reading of the orders as mentioned above indicates that most of the investigation is completed and five material witnesses were examined`. The submissions of the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor is that the fake currency notes have to be sent to Forensic Science Laboratory for chemical examination and some more witnesses have to be examined. As most of the investigation is completed and since the accused has been in jail from 15.02.2025, this Court finds that further detention of the accused is not required in this case. The release of the accused at this stage would not hamper the investigation. When ascertained learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that no antecedents are reported against the petitioner. t=-se-I a.> asEj= 4 8. In view of{he aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner/A5 with the following conditions. (i) The petitioner/A5 herein shall be released on his executing a personal bond for Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate, Anaparthi; (ii) On release, the petitioner shall appear before the station House Officer concerned on every Thursday between 10.30am to 12.30pm till filing of charge sheet; (iii) the petitI'Oner Shall not tamPer With the evidence and hamper the investigation and shall cooperate for investigation. 9. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. ~,a al,+y I //TRUE COPY// ForJ SD/-G.HELANAIDU- ASSISTArngEGISTRAR SEcTION OFFICER To, 1. The Judicial First Class Magistrate, Anaparthi. 2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Rajamahendravarm. 3. The Station House Officer, Biccavole Police Station. 4. One CC to Sri. Jaggarlapudi Kotayya, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OUT] 6. One spare copy MM a.-T \ ,-_.¥ . /y .6' .`.i HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED :08/07/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.6121 of 2025 ALLOWED FfaB E% ``\)