a .-S IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI r| THURSDAY ,THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT.I THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y| LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.- 8282 OF 2025 Between.I PravI. n yearSI D istrl-ct. I @ Ravi @ Kalvapudi Ravi Kumar, s/o Krl'shnamurthy.Aged about 32 occ Agriculture coolie, R/o CherlopaIIi, Puttur Tirupati, Annamayya . . . PetI-tiOner/Accused No.7 AND The State ofAndhra pradesh, Rep by its public prosecutor, High Court ofA.P at Amaravati, Nelapadu, Guntur bI-StrI-Ct ...Respondent pe{it['on under sections 480 & 483 of BNSS prayI'ng that in the circumstances stated I'n the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the crimI'nal` Petition, the High court may be pleased to direct to enlarge the+ petitI|Oner/A7 on-bail in connectI'On Wl'th Crime No. 25 of 2025 on the file of RSASTF, TI'ruPatI', TI'ruPatI' DistrI-Ct. The Petition comjnd on for hearing, upon perusing the petitI®On and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI B S REDDY Advocate for the petitioner, and of puBLIC! PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent, the court made the following |` :'\`~`i`;6--;a_..::I:i`i:i:.-i:=ul```'\^th. `I+i, +.-.* ORDER: Dr.YLR, J Crl.P.No.8282 of 2025 Dated 14.08.2025 The Criminal Petition has been filed under sections 437 and 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,1973 (for brevity lthe Cr.P,C.I)/ Sections 480 and 483 of the BharatI'ya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity tthe BNSS]), seeking to enlarge the petl'tioner/Accused No.7 on bail in Cr.No.25 of 2025 of RSASTF Police Station, Tirupati, registered against the petitioner/Accused No.7 and others for the offences punishable under Sections 303(2) I/w 3(5), ` 49, 61(2) of B.N.S and SectI|OnS 20(1)(d)(i)(a) r/w 20(1 )(c), ii, iii, iv, x, 36(a) I/w 32A, 29(4)(a)(i) of the A.P.Forest Amendment Act, 2016. 2. The case of the prosecution is that on 26.O6.2025 at about 4.00 A.M., the Reserve Sub-Inspector of police, RSASTF, Tirupati along with his staff and concerned forest officials while conducting combl-ng operation for Protection Of Red Sanders and when reached near Mellamkondaswamy silalu Reserve Forest Area, Gudl-gun{a Forest Beat, Anantasagaram Forest Section, Athmakur Range, Nellore DivisI-On, Anantasagaram Mandalam, Nellore District and on searching found Accused Nos.1 to 4 in' possession of 55 logs of Red Sanders. The logs along with vehicles were seized from their possession and case was registered against the accused persons. During the course of investigation, Accused Nos.1 to 4 confessed about involvement of other accused. 4 Dr.YLR, I Crl.P.No.8282 of 2025 Dated 14.08.2025 3. Sri B. S. Reddy, the learned counsel for the Petitioner, submI'tS that the petitioner has not committed .any offence; he was falsely implicated in this case only basing on the confession of co-accused; the confession statement of 'co-accused is not admissible in evidence; he is the sole breadwinner of his family; he is languishl-ng in jail sI-nCe 34 days; he is ready to abide any conditions to be imposed by this Court; and urged to enlarge the petitioner on bail. 4. Per cot,ira, Ms. P. Akhila Naidu, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, submits that the accused Nos.1 to 4 confessed about the involvement of petitioner herein in the crime; that investigation is pending; and urged to dismiss the bail petition. 5. Perused the record. 6. As seen from the record, the allegation against the petitioner/accused No,7 is that he secured coolies for cutting down the Red Sander trees in the Seshachalam Forest and sending it to prospective purchasers. Basing on the confession of the other accused, the role of the petitioner has come out. The petitioner hI-mSelf has surrendered before the learned Jurisdictional Magistrate Court on 10.07.2025 and he has been in judicial custody for the past 34 days. --'-_` The alleged contraband seized from the possession of accused is 955 KGs. Th.e petitioner is permanent resident of Cherlopalli Puttur Village, Tirupati, ii= liiE to grEaffiS±=RE±=S==:Lun~se±Z* 4 Dr.YLR, J Crl.P.No.8282 of 2025 Dated 14.08.2025 Annamayya District. Since all the witnesses exaniined are official witnesses, the question of petitioner threatening the witnesses or hampering the investigation would not arise. 7. Taking into consideration of the nature of allegations levelled against the petitioner; the period of detention undergone by them and the petitioner himself surrendered before the learned Jurisdic{ional Court, the question-of he evading from the clutches of law^would not arise and hence, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. 8. This Court is of the opinion that if certain stringent conditions are imposed on the petitioner for securing his presence before the learned Trial Court for trial, the interest of justice would be met. 9. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: i. The petitioner/Accused No.7 shall be enlarged on bail subject ' {o executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,OOO/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class- Gum-Special Court-for Trial of Cases relating to Red Sanders Smuggling] Tirupati. \\ -i_.==i I-- 5 Dr.YLR, . crl.p.No.8282 of 2025 Dated 14.08.2025 ii. The petitioner/Accused No.7 shall appear before the Investigation Officer concerned, on every Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm,I until further orders. iii. The pet'ltioner/Accused No.7 shall not `leave the limits of the District, without prior permission from the learned Trial Judge. iv. The petit'loner/Accused No.7 shall not commit or indulge in similar offences in future. v. The petitioner/Accused No.7 shall cooperate with the investigating officer in further investigation of the case and shall be ava-llable to the investigating officer as and when called. SD/-M.SRINIVAS ASS ISTANll ISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SEC,TI I I ON OFFICEP` To'1. The Judicial Magistrate of First class Gum Special Court for Trial of cases relating to Red Sanders Smuggling, Tirupati. 2. The Superintendent, Sub-Jail, Tirupati. 3. The Station House Officer, RSASTF Police Station, T'lrupati, Tirupat_i District 4. One CC to SRl. B S REDDY Advocate [OPUC] 5: `Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh -[OUT] 6. One spare copy PSR HIGH COURT DR.YLR,J BAT,ED : 14/08/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.8282 of 2025 ALLOWED -____ _i___ __-,co-