IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARA THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JU TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE .-PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA:+¥i [3521 I I.3Nb I CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6868 OF 2025 Between.I 1. Mekala Krishna Reddy (A12), S/o Chinna venkateswarlu, aged 31 years, R/o Kommavaram (v), Mundlamuru (M), Prakasam District. 2. Nalamolu Mohan (A13), S/o Kondalu, aged 28 years, R/o Veerayapalem (V), Darsi (M), Prakasam District. 3. Mannam sridhar Babu (A 14), S/o Subba Rao, aged 48 years, R/o MRO Office Road, chimakurthy Mandal, podi" Town, prakasam DI-Strict. 4. Borigorla Gop,I (A 15), S/o BalaI-ah, aged 20 years, vagumadugu (v), K.K. Mitla (M), Prakasam District. 5. Gurram Balakrjshna (A16), Sunkesula (v), peddaraveedu (M), Prakasam District. PetitI-Oners/Accused Mos.12 to 16 AND The state ofAndhra pradesh, through the stall-on House officer, podili POI,-ce Station, Rep. by publI'C Prosecutor, High Court ofAndhra pradesh, At Amaravathi Respondent/Respondent petition under sections 480 & 483 of BNSS (Old Sectl-ons 437 & 439 of cr.p.c), praying that I'n the circumstances stated ,-n the affidavI't fI'led in support of the criminal Petl-lion, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioners on ba" who is Accused Nos.12 to 16 in Crime No.51/2025 on the file of Podilj p.s. prakasam DI®Strl-Ct. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the grounds flled in support thereof and upon hearlng the arguments of sri INAKOLLU VENKATESWARLU, Advocate for the petitI'OnerS and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the court made the foIIowlng, \ ` A 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.6868 of 2025 Dated 17.07.2O25 q! ..lRESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): lNAKOLLU VENKATESWARLU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under sections 437 and 439 of the Code of CrimI'nal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity [the cr.p.c.I)/ Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity lthe BNSS'), seeking to enlarge the petitioners/Accused Nos.12 to 16 on bail I-n Cr.No.51 of 2025 of Podili Police Station, Prakasain District, registered against the petitioners/Accused Nos.12 to 16 herein for the offences punishable under Sections 189 (2),191 (2), 132,121 (1) and 109 (1) read with 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity {the BNS'). 2. The material averments stemming from the case of prosecutl'on __`- ~~F-~X-`= '~ -l-_.-..n_. n` ~.rvir^~''~r are that on ll.06.2025 at about ll:50 hours, the de=facto complainant, along wILth other TDP supporters includI-ng women, Organized a Peaceful protest by standing on the roadside at Besthapalem Road, near Harihara DigI-taI S[udI-O, aS the former Chief Minister of the State was scheduled to -.-iJse Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.6868 of 2025 Dated 17.07.2025 Pa.SSLP|that Way en route {O the Tobacco Board, Podili, to interact with the tobacco farmers. At about ll:50 hours, while the peaceful protest was underway and the former Chief Minister's convoy was passing, the accused Nos. 1 to 6, accused Nos. 8 to ll, and some others formed an unlawful assembly and aggressively approached the de-facto complainant and his group, abused, intimidated, and threatened the complainant and his fellow TDP supporters, and threw chappals and water bottles towards th`em with an intention to disrupt the protest and instigate violence, even I'n the Presence Of police personnel. The accused escalated the situation by pelting stones at the protestors and also at the police, with an -Intention to kill by causing bodily harm and creating disarray. As a result of the stone pelting, the brother of the de- facto complainant and one police constable sustained bleeding injuries. 3. Sri lnakoIIu Venkateswarlu, the learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that the petitioners have not committed any offence; they are falsely implicated in this case; they are sole breadwinners of their family; they are ready to abide any conditions to be imposed by this Court; and urged {o enlarge the petitioners/accused Nos.12 to 16 on bail. 4. Per cot,ira, Mr. Neelotphal Ganji, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, submits that the investigation is./not completed; if the Jt 4 Dr. YLR, ` Crl.P.No.6868 of 2025 Dated 17.07.2025 ® petitioners were granted bail, they will repeat the same offence,. and urged {o dismiss the bat-I Petition.. 5. Perused the record. 6. As seen from the record, the petitioners/Accused Nos. 12 to 16 have been in judI'Cial Custody for the Past 33 days. They were arrested on 14.06.2025. As per the case of prosecution,17 witnesses have been examI'ned SO far. There are no specific allegations levelled agaI'nSt the Petitioners herein. The alleged role of the petitioners was identified by video footage. The core of the allegation is that the petitioners indulged in pelting stones against the protestors. The learned VI Additional District and Sessions Judge, Markapur, on 09.07.2025, in CrI.M,P.No.513 of 2025 in Cr.No.51 of 2025 of Podili Police Station, enlarged the petitioners therein, who were arrayed as Accused Nos.18 and 19, on bail with certain conditions. The present petitioners/Accused Nos.12 to 16 are also on the same footing, as they allegedly indulged in pelting stones on the brother of de-facto complainant and police constable. 7. ln view of the nature of the allegations levelled against the petitioners, the role allegedly played by them, the period of detention they have undergone in the judicial custody/, the progress of the .+/ Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.6868 of 2O25 Dated 17.07..2025 investigation, and the fact that Accused Nos.18 and 19 were enlarged on bail, this Court deems it fit to enlarge the petitioners/Accused Nos.12 to 16 on bail with some stringent conditions. 8. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: i. The petitioners/Acc`used Nos.12 to 16 shall be enlarged on ba.il subject to them executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only), each with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First class Court, Podili, Prakasam District. ii. The petitioners/Accused Nos.12 to 16 shall appear before the Station House Officer, Podili, Prakasam District, on every Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till the conclusion of the Trial. iii. The petitioners/Accused Nos.12 to 16 shall not leave the limits of the District without prior permission from-the learned Trial Judge. iv. The petitioners/Accused Nos.12 {o 16 shall not commit or indulge in similar offences in future. tjcftJ~ 6 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.6868 of2025 Dated 17.07.2025 v. The petitioners/Accused Nos.12 to 16 shall cooperate with the investI'gating Officer in further investigation of the case and shall be available to the investigating officer as and when called by him. //TRUE COPY// sD/-G.HELANAIDU ASSISTANT#%,G I STRAR SECTION OFFICER Forl To, 1. The Judicial Magistrate of First Class Court, Podili, Prakasam District. 2. The Civil Judge (Junior Division) and Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Podili 3. The Superintendent, District Jail, Ongole. 4. The Station House Officer, Podili P.S. Prakasam District 5. One CC to SRl. INAKOLLU VENKATESWARLU Advocate [OPUC] 6. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OUT] 7. One spare copy I/I X`-. HIGH COURT DR.YLRJ DATED : 17/07/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.6868 of 2025 ALLOWED