APHC010593892025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11475/2025 Between: AKULA KISHORE, S/O SRINU, AGED 38 YEARS,N/O GUJJANAGUNDLA, GUNTUR TOWNNOW AT RICKSHAW CENTRE,BARAMPETA, NARASARAOPETTOWN,PALNADU DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, The Inspector of Police Narasaraopet II Town P.S.,Through State Public Prosecutor,High Court of A.P., Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: VENKATA DURGA RAO ANANTHA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.11475 of 2025 Dated 18.11.2025 The Court made the following: ORDER: Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused on bail in Crime No.39 of 2025 of Narasaraopet II Town Police Station, Palnadu District, registered against the Petitioner/Accused herein for the offences punishable under Sections 118(1) and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS’). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. As seen from the averments of the F.I.R., the petitioner, being the son-in-law of the de-facto complainant, beat the husband of the deceased with a stick on his right temple region and also on the right side of his body. As a result, the husband of the de-facto complainant sustained severe bleeding injuries. He was shifted to the hospital and subsequently succumbed to those injuries. After thorough investigation, charge sheet was filed, and the case was registered as P.R.C.No.26 of 2025. The petitioner was arrested on 22.04.2025 and he has been in judicial custody for the past 210 days. There are five criminal adverse antecedents reported against the petitioner/accused. 3 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.11475 of 2025 Dated 18.11.2025 4. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that the police have maintained the suspect sheet against the petitioner/accused. L.W.5 is the mother-in-law of the petitioner, and there is a land dispute between them. In this case, L.Ws. 1 and 2 are direct eyewitnesses. L.Ws. 3 and 4 are the relatives, but they are also direct eye witnesses. L.Ws. 11 and 12 are independent eyewitnesses. All of them have supported the version of the de-facto complainant in their statements recorded under Section 161 of ‘the Cr.P.C’. The accusation against the petitioner is prima facie well founded. The CCTV footage was secured and sent for analysis after following due process. 5. In view of the above facts and circumstances of the case, the nature and gravity of the allegations levelled against the petitioner/accused, and the prima facie well-founded accusation as reflected from the charge sheet, this Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner/accused on bail at this juncture. Hence, this Criminal Petition is liable to be dismissed. 6. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 18.11.2025 RSI/PRA 4 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.11475 of 2025 Dated 18.11.2025 32 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11475 of 2025 Date: 18.11.2025 RSI/PRA