APHC010345902025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7198/2025 Between: G. Venkatesh ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State of Andhra Pradesh and others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: K Raghu Veer Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): Public prosecutor 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 petitioner/Accused No.1 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.242 of 2024 of V. Kota Urban Police Station, Chittoor District, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Section 109, 118(1), 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.7198 of 2025 Dated 22.07.2025 115(2) read with 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS’). 2. The case of the prosecution is that on 09.10.2024 at around 7:20 a.m., at the house of the complainant at Mitturu Village, Accused Nos.1 to 4, who bore a grudge against the complainant’s family due to previous criminal cases and land disputes, used to frequently quarrel with the complainant. In furtherance of their intentions, on 09.10.2024 at about 7:20 p.m., when the injured, G. Venkatramana, father of the complainant, was proceeding along the way, Accused Nos.1 to 4 attacked him, motivated by their previous enmity. Accused No.1 assaulted the victim with a stick and caused injuries, if timely he was not rescued he might have lost his breath in the hands of the accused. Later, the Accused Nos.1 to 4 also assaulted the complainant and two other family members, causing injuries due to their ongoing grudge. Hence, the FIR was registered. 3. Sri K. Raghu Veer, the learned counsel for the petitioner, submits the petitioner has not committed any offence; he was falsely implicated in this case and urged to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner/Accused No.1. 4. Per contra, Ms.P.Akila Naidu, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, opposed in granting of pre-arrest bail stating that investigation 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.7198 of 2025 Dated 22.07.2025 is not yet completed; if the petitioner is granted pre-arrest bail, he will repeat the same offence and urged to dismiss the bail application. 5. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 6. As seen from the averments in the record lodged by the de-facto complainant, and also from the statements of L.Ws.5 and 6, there are specific overt acts attributed to the petitioner/Accused No.1. He allegedly beat the father of the de-facto complainant with a stick and caused grievous injuries. He is also alleged to have assaulted the de-facto complainant and two others. In view of the specific overt acts attributed to the petitioner/Accused No.1, this Court finds no merit in the present Criminal Petition and does not deem it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner/Accused No.1. 7. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. ________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 22.07.2025 KMS 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.7198 of 2025 Dated 22.07.2025 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7198 of 2025 Date: 22.07.2025 KMS