APHC010328332025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY,THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6739/2025 Between: 1. ANNAPUREDDY KONDAREDDY, S/O VENKATESWARLU, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, OCC AGRICULTURIST GUDIPATIPALLI VILLAGE, VELIGANDIA MANDAL, PRAKASAM DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. (CRIMINAL PETITION AGAINST PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO.5 IS DISMISSED AS INFRUCTUOUS AS PER THE COURT ORDER DATED 09.07.2025 IN CRL.P.NO.6739 OF 2025) 2. JILLELA VIJAYA BASKAR, S/O SRINIVASA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS, OCC AGRICULTURIST R/O. SRINIVASA NAGAR, KELLAM PALLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Nelapadu Amaravati, through the Station House Officer, Kanigiri P.S., Prakasam District ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): MEDAPATI SANTOSH REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.6739 of 2025 Dated 16.07.2025 The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) by the petitioners/Accused Nos.5 and 16 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.145 of 2025 of Kanigiri Police Station, Prakasam District, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 61 (2), 318 (4), 338, 336 (3), 340 (2) read with 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS’). 2. The Criminal Petition against 1st petitioner/Accused No.5 is dismissed as infructuous as per the order of this Court, dated 09.07.2025 in Crl.P.No.6739 of 2025. 3. The case of the prosecution is that the complainant’s father and his father’s friend had jointly purchased Ac.2.00 Cents of land in Survey Nos. 301 and 302 in the year 1990 through Document No. 590/1990. Subsequently, the complainant himself purchased Ac.0.11 Cents from Kola Kristiyanamma in 1993 through Document No. 1060/1993. It is alleged that the accused persons (A1 to A16) entered into a criminal conspiracy, forged documents, and executed a fraudulent General Power of Attorney (GPA) at the Singarayakonda Sub-Registrar Office, 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.6739 of 2025 Dated 16.07.2025 and thereafter registered the subject land in their names at the Kanigiri Sub-Registrar Office, thereby cheating the complainant and unlawfully interfering with his property rights. Based on the complainant’s report, a case was registered against the petitioner/accused No.16 and others. 4. Mr. M.Santhosh Reddy, the learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence; he is sole breadwinner of his family; he was falsely implicated in this case and urged to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner/Accused No.16. 5. Per contra, Mr. Neelotphal Ganji, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, opposed in granting of pre-arrest bail stating that investigation is not yet completed; if the petitioner/A-16 was granted pre- arrest bail, he will repeat the same offence and urged to dismiss the bail application. 6. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 7. As seen from the record, and taking into account the nature of the allegations and the alleged role played by the petitioner/A-16, this Court does not deem it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner/A-16. 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.6739 of 2025 Dated 16.07.2025 8. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. However, as per the request of the learned counsel for the petitioner, liberty is given to the petitioner/Accused No.16 to surrender before the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kanigiri, and move an appropriate application before the learned Magistrate. The learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kanigiri, shall endeavor to dispose of the application on its own merits and pass appropriate orders within a reasonable time, preferably in two (02) days. ________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 16.07.2025 RSI 5 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.6739 of 2025 Dated 16.07.2025 58 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6739 of 2025 Date:16.07.2025 RSI