APHC010419312025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8448/2025 Between: 1. P. DEEKSHITH @ CHAKRI, S/O. P. GIRI, AGED ABOUT 21 YEARS, R/O. DOOR NO. 12-116, S.V. NAGAR, TIRUPATI, TIRUPATI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi, Through Station House Officer, Tirupati East Police Station, Tirupati, Tirupati District ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. KANDERI CHETHAN Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 ORDER: This criminal petition has been filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking to enlarge the petitioner- accused No. 5 on bail in crime No. 135 of 2025 of Tirupati East Police Station, Tirupati District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 308 (2) and 118 (1) read with Section 3 (5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 2. Case of the prosecution is that on 09-04-2025 at about 2.15 a.m., while the de facto complainant and his friend Narendra were proceeding towards Air Bypass Road and when they reached in front of Rayalaseema College, Bairagipatteda, Tirupati, the accused came on motorcycle in rash and negligent manner towards the de facto complainant and his friend. When the de facto complainant and his friend questioned, the accused called some other accused over phone. Meanwhile, four other accused came in white colour car. All the accused attacked the de facto complainant and his friend Narendra with stone and iron rod, resulting which the de facto complainant received blood injury on face and the de facto complainant and his friend received blunt injuries, and one of the accused forcibly took iPhone 14 Pro Max mobile from the de facto complainant which is worth of Rs.50,000/- and escaped from the scene. 3. Sri K.Chethan, learned counsel for the petitioner, contends that the petitioner is innocent of the alleged offence and has been falsely implicated by the police. It is further submitted that the petitioner is the sole earning member of the family and, therefore, his continued incarceration would cause 3 undue hardship to his dependents. The petitioner undertakes to strictly adhere to any conditions that may be imposed by this Court. In light of the foregoing, learned counsel prays that the present petition be allowed in the interest of justice. 4. Per contra, Ms. Akhila Naidu, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, vehemently opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner, submitting that the investigation is still underway and several material witnesses remain to be examined. It is contended that if the petitioner is released on bail at this stage, there is a strong likelihood that he may abscond, thereby hampering the ongoing investigation and evading the process of law. In view of the foregoing, it is urged that the petition be dismissed. 5. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 6. Perused the record. 7. As seen from the record, the petitioner-accused No. 5 was arrested on 07-08-2025 and he has been in judicial custody for the past 16 days. The investigation is still at the nascent stage. Some more witnesses have to be examined. Some more important material is to be collected. There are specific overtacts attributed against the petitioner. Therefore, at this stage, the request of the petitioner to enlarge him on bail is not justifiable and proper. Hence, the criminal petition is liable to be dismissed for the present. 4 8. In the result, the criminal petition is dismissed. ________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J. Date: 22.08.2025 JSK 5 THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8448 OF 2025 Date: 22.08.2025 JSK