APHC010431212025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] SATURDAY,THE THIRTIETH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8641/2025 Between: Alla Ratna Reddy ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. CH VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) by the petitioner/Accused for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.246 of 2025 of Pattabhipuram Police Station, Guntur District, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Section 118(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (for short ‘the BNS’). 2 2. The case of the prosecution, in a nutshell, is that on 11.06.2025 at about 16:30 hours, at the 3rd Floor of Santhoshi Towers Apartment, beside the Railway Track, Syamala Nagar, Guntur, the complainant, along with Ashok Kumar and Chennakesevulu, went to carry out some work at the house of Makkena Achaiah. At that time, the accused, who was residing in Makkena Achaiah's flat, attacked the complainant with an iron bar, as a result of which the complainant sustained bleeding injuries. 3. Mr.Ch.Vidyasagar, the learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence; he was falsely implicated in this case; he is the sole breadwinner of his family; he is ready to abide any conditions to be imposed by this Court; and urged to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner/Accused. 4. Per contra, Mr. Neelothpal Ganji, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, opposed in granting of bail stating that investigation is not yet completed; if the petitioner is granted pre-arrest bail, he will interfere in the investigation, and it is urged to dismiss the bail petition. 5. Perused the record. 6. There are specific overt acts attributed against the petitioner. Hence, this Court does not deem it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. However, the learned counsel for the petitioner requests this Court to grant liberty to the petitioner to surrender before the learned jurisdictional Magistrate 3 concerned and move an appropriate application for his release before the learned Jurisdictional Court concerned. 7. In the result, the Criminal Petition is disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to surrender before the learned jurisdictional Magistrate concerned within one week and move an appropriate application before the learned Jurisdictional Court concerned for enlarging him on bail. The learned Court shall endeavour to dispose of the application on its own merits in accordance with law by giving due and sufficient opportunity of hearing to the learned Public Prosecutor before the learned Magistrate and pass appropriate orders within a reasonable time, preferably in two (02) days. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 30.08.2025 S D P 4 73 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8641 of 2025 Date:30.08.2025 S D P