lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVA WEDNESDAY, THE TmRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE .'PRESENT.. THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO Between: CRIMINALPETITIONNO.I 7448OF2O25 •*1;::lr.¥S :,=rf=:.±}<--.== Acloafnpgo-'unAdshonkn\:I:akCr+arV^a^:hI: I =lO Suresh Kumar, Aged 37 years, R/a CBM compound, Down street, veeraghattam vlllage and MandaI Srikakulam District . . . PetitI-Oner/Accused -18 AND The state of Andhra pradesh,` Rep by publl'c prosecutor, HI'gh Court of Andhra pradesh, AmaravathI-. ...Respondent/complainants petjtjon under section 482 of BNSS praylng that ln the clrcumstances stated ln the memorandum of grounds fJled ln support of the crlmjnal petltl|on, the HIgh Court may be xpleased to dlrect the s H.O., Veeraghattam ps, to`' enlarge the petltI'Oner on bail m the event of arrest Ion crlme No.74/2024 and pass such other order or orders as thIS HonJble court may deem flt and proper- ln the clrCumstances of the case The petltIOner ls prepared to ablde by the condl'tIOnS I'mPOSed by thIS Hon'ble court and the petltIOner ls prepared toi fuml'sh the suretles to the sa{j'sfactIOn as ordered by thfs Hon'ble court. The petltl'On coml'ng on for hearlng, upon peruslng the petftI-On and the memorandum of grounds f!!ed !'n support thereof and LIPOn hearlng {he' arguments of SMT S A V i?ATNAM Advocate for the petltIOner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Responclent, the court made the fo!!owlng ) - c1,.* --I /giv4 E.#l rahlL -`--` APHCO10360512025 ERE Dr.YLR, J crl.p.No.7441 of 2025 Dated 03.09.2025 lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (special ,original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7448/2025 I Between : AIajangi Ashok Chakravarthi AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh counsel for the petitioner/accused: 1.S AV RATNAM [3521] ...pETmONER/ACCUSED i ..IRESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT counsel for the Respondent/COmPIainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the fOllOWing|. ORDER.. I 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.18 for granting Of Pre-arrest bail in connection with crime Not.74 of 2024 of Veeraghattam Police Station, parvathipuram, registered for the alleged offences punishable uncler I CrI.P.No.7441 of 2025l Dated o3.09.2025 sec{IOnS 324 read wI{h 34 of the lndlan penal code, 1860 (for brevlty fthe I.P.C.). 2. The case of the prosecutl'on IS that on 09,04.2d24 at 23.40 hrs, whereI|n the complal'nant reported that on o9.04 2024 at about 22 30 hrs, while he was jn hI'S house, his street habl|tants i.e., accused Nos.1 to 19 are came to his house and all the accused beat him with st['cks and stones and caused I'njurleS On hIS Person by keeplng previous grudges that some d,'spufe had been taken place on same day at about 20.30 hrs to 21.30 hrs regarding utl-ll-zI-ng of CBM Church funds. 3. Smt.SA.V Ra{nam, the learned counsel for the petltI|Oner contends that the petltloner Its Innocent of the alleged offence and has I been` falsely implicated by the police. It I'S further submitted that the petitioner ls the sole earnlng members of hls famI'ly and, he IS ready to abide any condI'tlOnS that may be Imposed by this court, and I-i ls urged to grant pre-arrest baI|l tO the petjtl-oner. 4. Per oonf/a, Ms.P.Akhjla Najdu, the learned Assistant public prosecutor vehemently opposed the grant of pre-arrest ba" to the petitioner, submitting that the investjgatI'On I-S Stlll underway and several / matem-ai wl'tnesses remal|n to be examl-ned. It ,|s contencied that if the petjtI'Oner IS released on pre-arrest` b,all, there ls a strong !jke!lhood that .-, `_` _ _/ Dr.YLR, J Crl.P.No.7441 of2025 Dated O3.09.2025 he may abscond, thereby hampering the ongoing investigation and evading the process of law. ln v.lew of the foregoing submissions, it is urged that the petition be dismissed. 5. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 6. As seen from the record, the de-facto complainant lodged a report with the police merely stating that about 19 persons beat him with sticks and stones. However, in the statement of L.W.1, several names were I mentioned. The allegations against the present petitioner are only omnibus in nature, and no specific overt act has been attributed to hiin. ln similar circumstances, this Court in Crl.P.No.6481 of 2024 granted pre-arrest bail to Accused NoI17. The case of the petitioner also stands on a similar footing. 7. Considering the gravity and nature of the allegations leveled against the Petitioner/Accused No.18, his alleged role played in this case, this Court deems it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. 8. ln the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: CrI.p.No.7441 of 202S Dated o3.09.2025 In the event of hls arrest, the pe{l-tjoner/Accused Zl To, No 18 she" be enlarged on ba" subyect to he executI'ng a personal bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/-(Rupees Twenty Thousand only), wl'{h two suretleS for the llke sum each to / the satI'Sfactjon of the arrestl'ng poll-Ce officI'als,- Ill The petjtjoner/Accused No.18 sha" make hlmSelf avaI-lable for I'nVestigation as and when requI-red,I !lJ The petitloner/Accused No' 18 shall not cause any threat, Inducement or promlse to the prosecutlon Witnesses,| [v The petltl'oner/Accused No.18 shall appear before the statI'On House off[cer concerned once ln a week I !e, oneverysaturdaybetween 1000a m and5 00pm, tlll filing of the charge sheet. v. The petI-tI'Oner/Accused No.18 shall not leave the dIStrICt I['mltS without the express permISSIOn from the `Qta+I'On House r)ffl-cer concerned. SD/-M.SRINIVAS //TRUE COPY//F SAEScSi:oT#:I:IEcGEIR:TEAR 1 The statlon House officer, veeraghattam po'JCe S[atJOn, ParvathJPuram Manyarn Djstrjdt 2. one cc to SMT s A V RATNAM Advocate ropucJ 3' Two cos to PUBUC PROSE::;Tnnu:Gua:=LLu= HIGH COURT DR.YLR,J DATED : 03/09/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.7448 of 2025 ALLOWED p*;_rf# €S.rf# \B \tP \us f}z~_ g\ T!