IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT.I THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRllVIINAL PETITION NO: 8533 OF 2025 Between.I sheelam Srihari Naga Reddy @ Bobbili Reddy, s/o chinna pitcha Reddy, Aged about 30 years, occ Business R/o Appa Apartments, Rayavaram Junction, Macherla Town painadu District. u.Petl-tioner/Accused No.2 AND The State of Andhra pradesh, Rep. by its public prosecutor High Court of Andhra pradesh . . .Respondent/defacto complaI-nan€ petI'tiOn under Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS, praying that jn the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the criminal petition, the Hi-gh court may be pleased to enlarge th6 petitioner/Accused No. 2 on regular bail in crl-me No. 48 of 2025, on the fl'le of the Macherla Rural police sta±,ion, palanadu Dl-strict. '£ The Petition memorandum of arguments of SRI Petl'tjoner, and of made the following comlng On for hearing, upon perusl'ng the petition and the: grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the RAMALAKSHMANA REDDY SANEPALLl, Advocate for thefti PUBHC: PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent, the court APHCO10425052025 EHE] IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (special Original Jurisd-iction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF AuGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE I PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8533/2025 [3521] Between : sheelam srihari Naga-Reddy Alias Bobbili Reddy ..IPETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel-for the Petitioner/accused: 1. RAMALAKSHMANA REDDY SANEPALLI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC. PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: 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 Sanhita, 2023 (for brev'Ity 'the BNSS'), seeking to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.2 on bail in -cr.No.48 of 2025' of Macherla Rural' Police Station!] Palnadu District, registered against the petitioner/Accused No.2 herein for the offences /`` Dr.YLR, J crl.p.No.8533 of2025 Dated 21.08.2O25 PunI'Shable under Sections 341, 307, and 506 read with 34 of the lndI'an Penal Code,1860 (for brevity lthe I.P.CI). 2. The case of the prosecution is that the de facto complainant is a follower of the TDP Party. He alleged that on 20.04.2023, while proceeding along with one J. Koteswar Rao towards the TDP office, the accused intercepted them and questioned the de facto complainant about the sticker of JBR on his bike., Thereafter, the^.accused took out a knife and attempted- to attack the de facto complainant, causing hI'm tO Sustain injuries. Subsequently, the de facto complainant went to a medical store and Purchased medicine. Hence, the present crime was registered. 3. Sri Rama Lakashmana Reddy, the learned counsel for the petitl-oner contends that the petitioner is innocent of the alleged offence and has been falsely implicated by the police. It is further submitted that the petI'tiOner iS the sole earning member of the family and, therefore, his continued incarceration would cause undue hardship to his dependents. The petitioner undertakes to I 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 confra, Mr.Neelotphal Ganji, the learned\ Assistant Public prosecutor vehemently opposed the grant of bail to the petitI-Oner, Submitting that the investigation is still underway and several material witnesses remain / -ai=ii1:=r9- A-S. |__i->±-®o- Dr.YLR, J crI.P.No.8533 of 2025 Dated 21.08.2O25 to be examined. lt 'ls 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 'lnvestigation and evading the process of law. In view of the I foregoing, 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 Pet'ltiOner/accused No.2 has been in judicial custody for the past 28 days. He was arrested on 24.07.2025 in connection with an incident that occurred on 20.04.2023. However, the defacto complainant lodged the report only on 23.07.2025, i.e., nearly two I years and three months after the alleged incident. The defacto comPIainant is I stated to have suffered a simple injury. 7. Considering the gravity and nature Of the allegations leveled against the petitioner, as well as the delay -ln lodg'lng the report by the defaCtO complainant, this court 'IS 'lnCIined to enlarge the Petitioner On bail W'lth the fo][owing stringent cond|ltions: i. The petit|loner/Accused No.2 shall be enlarged on bail subject to he executing a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees + Ten Thousand only), With two SuretileS each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Junior Civil Judge, Macherla. .-E ^J b _-=..- Dr.YLR,. J Crl.p.No.8533 of2b25 Dated 21.08_2025 Ii. The petl-tI'Oner/Accused No.2 sha" appear before the statl'on House off,cer concerned on every saturday ln between 10.-00 am and o5.-00 pm, till cognI'Zance js taken by the learned the Trial Court. H',I. The pet,-tIOner/Accused No.2 sha" not leave the II'mI-tS Of the Dl'strjct wI'thOut prI'Or PermissI'On from the statI'On House offl-cer COnCerned. I i lv The pe{ltl'oner/AccusedNo.2 shall not comml-i or indulge ln I commI-SSiOn Of any offence in future. v. The petI-tIOner/Accused No.2 she" cooperate wl-{h the Invest,'gatjng offl'cer I-n further ,'nvestigatI'On of the case and sha" make hlmself avaI-lable for interrogatl'on by the lnVestI-gatlng offl®cer as and when required. vI The petjtIOner/Accused No.2 sha" not, dI-reCtly or l'ndlreCtly, make any inducement, threat or Promise to any person acqua,-nte,a with the fact's of the case so as to dissuade hl-m/her from dI'SCIosln,g such facts to the court or to any police officer. AccordI'ngly, the CrI-mjnal PetI'tI'On ,-s allowed. / /-/TRUE COPY// I -I. SD/-N.NAG ASSISTANZ& whMA ISTRAR SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Additional Junior Civil Judge, Macherla-,.palnadu District 2. The SuperI-ntendent, Sub JaI'I, Gurazala, Palnadu District 3. The Station House-'Offlcer, Macherla Rural Police stall-On, Palnadu DI'StriCt 4. One CC to SRI. RAMA-LAKSHMANA REDDY SANEPALLI Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to PUBLIC .PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 6. One spare copy i PSR1 ( ..-` \ \. EI HIGH COURT DR.YLR,J DATED:21 /08/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.8533 of 2025 ALLOWED