APHC010596892025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY,THE NINETEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11648/2025 Between: 1.AKKARAPAKU LAKSHMI NARAYANA ALIAS SUNNY, S/O. SRINIVASULU,AGED 21 YEARS, OCC STUDENT,R/O.KAMPALEM, NEERPAKOTA,B.N.KANDRIGA MANDAL, TIRUPATI DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, through the S.H.O. B.N.Kandriga P.S., Tirupati District rep. by its Public Prosecutor,High Court for the State of Andhra Pradesh,Amaravathi. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.RAJA DAMOJI RAO 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 No.10 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with 2 Crime No.121 of 2025 of B.N.Kandriga Police Station, Tirupati District, registered for the alleged offence punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 109(1) read with 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS’). 2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. The Petitioner is at impressionable age of 21 years, he is a student. He is arrayed as Accused No.10 in this case. As seen from the record, it is the allegation of the prosecution that the Petitioner and other accused on 08.10.2025 came on a car and four motorcycles holding sticks, rods and knives. It is alleged that the Petitioner and other accused tried to hit the de- facto complainant with his car, but the de-facto complainant escaped. The Petitioner and other accused have attempted to attack the de-facto complainant with knives, rods and sticks. However, the de-facto complainant escaped from their clutches and lodged a report. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that wound certificate has not yet been received. Accused No.1 was arrested on 09.10.2025 and he was enlarged on bail by this Court in Crl.P.No.11647/2025, after forty days in the judicial custody. 5. It appears that there are land disputes between the Petitioner’s group and the de-facto complainant’s group. The police have advised both groups to settle the disputes in the presence of the Tahsildar of the concerned Mandal. The wife of Accused No.1 lodged a report on 21.10.2025 against the de-facto 3 complainant and some other persons, that report was registered as a case in Crime No.124 of 2025 for the offences punishable under Sections 131, 329(4), 115(2), 351(2), 79 and 324(5) read with 3(5) of the BNS, and Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), and 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, gravity and nature of the allegations levelled against the Petitioner/Accused No.10, this Court is inclined to grant pre-arrest bail to the Petitioner/Accused No.10. 7. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: i. In the event of arrest of the Petitioner/Accused No.10, he shall be enlarged on bail subject to he executing a self-bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only), with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the arresting police officials. ii. The Petitioner/Accused No.10 shall make himself available for investigation as and when required. iii. The Petitioner/Accused No.10 shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses. iv. The Petitioner/Accused No.10 shall surrender his passport, if any, to the investigating officer. If he claims that he does not have passport, he shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the Investigating Officer. ________________________ Dr.Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J. Date:19.11.2025 VTS 4