IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARA FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO ofgr CRIMINALPETITION NO.I 7820OF2025 / Between : 1. Yerrabotula Raviteja Chowdhary, aged 32 yrs, S/o Ramakrl®shna Chowdhary, r/o opp. GIobal Gen School, Madakasira Road Penukonda Town, Sri Sathya Sai District.' ' 2. Yerrabotula Tarunteja chowdhary, aged 29 yrs S/o Ramakrishna Chowdhary, r/o opp. Global -den School, Madakasira Road Penukonda Town, Sri Sathya Sai Distr-ICt'.I ...petitioners/Accused No.1 &3 / i,3 AND state of Andhra Pradesh, '`Fep. by its public prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi. Ei ...Respondent Petition under section 48tO & 483 of BNSS, is fI-led praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed in support of the criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to'enlarge the petitioners/Accused No.1 & 3 on bail in Crime No 45 of 2025:, Puttparthy Town, P.S. Sathya Sai District. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition anc! the grounds filed in support thereof-ahd upon hearing the arguments of sri Harish Kumar Rasineni, Advocate for'the petitioners and of pubI,-c Prosecutor for Respondent, the court made the following ORDER: Dr. YLR, J crl.P.No.7820 of 2025 Dated 01.O8.2025 The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 437 and 439 of the code of criminal Procedure,1973 (for brevity [the Cr.P.C.I)/ Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanh'lta, 2023 (for brevity {the BNSS'), s'eeking to enlarge the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 3 on bail in Cr.No.45 of 2025 of Puttaparthi Town Police Station, Sri Sathya Sai District, registered against the petitioners/Accused Nos.1' and 3 herein for the offences punishable under sections 332(b), 109(2) r/w 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanh-lta, 2023 (for brevityfthe BNS]). 2. The material averments stemm-lng from the Case Of Prosecution are that the marriage of Devarinti Tejasri was solemnized with Accused No.1on 10.10.2021. At the time of marriage, her parents gave Rs.50 lakhs in cash and 75 tulas of gold as dowry. Init-lally, the couple lived harmoniously; however, later, Tejasri was subjected to severe physical and mental harassment by Accused No.1 due to his ongoing illicit relationship w'lth h|ls Paternal aunt (Accused No.4). She was also harassed by her mother-in-law (Accused No.3) and her brother-in-law (Accused No.3). On 23.02.2025, Accused Nos.1 to 4, along with some unknown persons, criminally trespassed into her residence at Puttaparthy, armed with iron rods and wooden sticks, and attacked her father, Subramanyam, with an intent to kill him. During the said attack, the accused also threatened Tejasri, warn'lng her that if she or her father test'lf'led or \ ® sr>, 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.7820 of2025 Dated 01.08:2025 pursued the return of dowry articles, they would be falsely implicated in dowry and murder cases. upon hearing the cries of Tejasri and her mother, neighbours rushed to the spot and witnessed the incident. 3. Sri R.Harish Kumar, the learned counsel for the petitioners,submits that the petitioners have not comml'tted any offence; they are falsely impll-cated in this case,I they are sole breadwinners of their family; they are ready to abide any conditl'ons to be imposed by this court; and urged to enlarge the petitioners'/accused Nos.1 and 3 on bail. 4. Per cot,ira, Mr. NeelotphaI Ganji, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, submits that the investigation is not completed,I I'f the Petitioners were granted bail, they will repeat the same offence,and urged to dismiss the bat-I petition. 5. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the state. perused the record. 6. As seen from the record, the wife/de-facto c9mPIainant lodged a second report against her husband and the brother of her husband. There is a delay of more than ll/2 months in lodging the report from the date of the alleged occurrence. ln fact, no injuries were caused to any of the relatives of the de- facto complainant. The de-facto complainant has already lodged a case agaI'nSt the Petitioner and his relatives under Section 498-A of,'1pc on I, 22.06.2025; after investigation, charge sheet was filed and the case is coming \t ``. .- € :.+J+ its- / Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.7820 of 2025 Dated 01.08.2025 up for trial. Petitioner No.1 is the husband of the de-faCtO COmPIainant; petitioner No.2 is the brother of the husband of the de-facto comPlainant. The petitioners are working as software. engineers. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have established a startup company and huge investments are going to be received by them in a couple of days. The petitioners have been languishing in judicial custody for the past 36 days. They were arrested on 26.06,2025. As seen from the avermen{s of the FIR, no injuries were sustained either by the de-facto complainant or by her relatives. 7. Considering the gravity and nature of the allegations levelled against the petitioners, their alleged role played in this case, and the period of detention they have undergone, this Court deems it fit to enlarge the petitioners on bail with some stringent conditions. 8. ]n the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: i. The petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 3 shall be enlarged on bail 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 Judi-cial First CIass Magistrate, Puttaparthy. ii. The petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 3 shall not cause any threat, inducement or proinise to the prosecution witnesses; 5 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.7820 of2025 Dated 01.08.2025 iI-I|. The petI-tiOnerS/Accused Nos.1 and 3 shall cooperate with the investigating officer in further investigatI'On Of the case and shall be available to the investigatI'ng Officer aS and when called by him- iv. The petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 3 shall surrender thel'r passport, I'f any, to the I'nVeStigating officer. lf they claim that they do not have a passport, they shall submI't an affidavit to that effect to the lnvestigatI-ng Officer. SD/- K.J.R BABu a , llTFtuE COPYll ASSISTANT STRAR SECTION OFFICEFt To, a` `. ~.-. i,f.i.+.-.. 1. The Judicial lst Class Magis,Irate, puttaparfhy. # 2. The Superintendent, sub Jail, Dharmavaram, fZ 3. The station House offI'Cer, Pu`t{apar[hy Town polfLce station, sathya sai District. 4. OneCCtoSrI'Harlsh KumarRaslnenj,Advoca{e[opuc] / 5. Two cos topuBLIC PROSECUTOR, High court of A.P., Amaravati. [o uT] 6. One spare copy. PSD .`,I |. i.:.--I ! if,/f!, :.Jl i E / HIGH COURT DR.YLR,J DATED:01/08/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.7820 of 2025 ALLOWED