.I `'. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVA r/ WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUAR TWOTHOUSANDANDTWENTYFIVE i :PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 798 OF 2025 Between.. Talla Johnson RaJ-u, S/o Peddiraju, aged 25 years, occ-TaxI' Driver, R/o Ambedkarnagar, GunupudI-, BhI'maVaram, W.G. District. ..|Petitioner/Accused No.8 AND 1. State ofAndhra pradesh, rep by its pp., High Court ofAP., Nelapadu, Amaravathi, Guntur District. 2. The SHO, Prakash Nagar police satI-On, Rajahmundry, E.G. Dist., ...Respondent/complainant petitI-On under SectI'OnS 480 & 483 of BNSS, I-S filed praying that I-n the circumstances stated l'n the memorandum of grounds filed jn support of the criminal PetI-lion, the High Court may be pleased to grant ba" to the petI-tiOner who is the accused no.8 in Crime no. 236 of 2024 on the file of the SHO., prakash Nagar police station, RaJ'ahmahendravaram, E.G. District. The Petl'tI'On COml-ng on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearI'ng the arguments of M/s JAMI MADHAVl, Advocate for the petitioner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for th-e Respondents; [3327] PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 798/2025 Between : TaIIa Johnson Raju, ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 8ttahteersofAndhra Pradesh and ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. JAMI MADHAVI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER:- This Criminal petition, under sectl®ons 480 and 483 of the Bharatl'ya Nagarik Suraksha SanhI-ta, 2023, has been filed by the petitI-Oner/A8, seeking regular bail, in crime No.236 of 2024 of Prakash Nagar Poll-Ce Station, Rajahmahendravaram. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 324(4), 262, 253,132, \ 121(1), 109(1), 309(4-) ,and 351(2) read wlth 49 of the Bharatlya Nyaya Sanhl-ta, 2023. 3. case of the prosecutl'on, jn brief, js that, as perthe jnstructl'ons of the Inspector of poIICe, JR Puram, srjkakulam Dlstrlct, the sub-Inspector of poII'Ce, Laveru pollce statI'On, Srlkakulam Dlstrl'ct, along wlth hl's staff, went to BhI'mavaram, West Godavarf' and caught hold of Rapaka prabhakar @ pratap Reddy, who is arrayed as accused jn crime No.119 of 2024 of G.Sjgadam poll-ce statl|on and a" went to prakashnagar po'jce stall-on to enquire about the other accused I'n the saI-d crl|me. While they were returning to srjkaku'am on the same day at about ll.30 PM near croma shoppI'ng Mall, RTC Complex Road, Rajamahendravaram, some unknown persons obstructed and assaulted them with cricket bats and sticks and also with hands and damaged the vehicles and snatched the case documents and robbed cash of Rs.10,000/-from the sl of police and forcl®bly took away the vehicle keys and escaped from the place along with Rapaka prabhakar @ pratap Reddy. 4. Heard. perusedtherecord. 5. A perusal of the material on record goes to showthat basl-ng on the confessional statement of co-accused, the petjtjoner hereI-n Was Shown as accused jn the present crime. Except the confessional statement of co- accused, there js no other material to connect the petltjOner herel-n to the f/ alleged crime. The petI'tiOner herein Was arrested On 17.12.2024 and since then he is languishing in jail. lt is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that other accused in the present crime were already granted bail by this Court. The case of the petitioner herein also stands on the same footing to that of the A14 & A17. Learned Assistant Publl'c Prosecutor submitted that major portion of investigation has been completed. 6. ln view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner/A8 on the following conditions. i) The petitioner/A8 shall be released on bail on his executing personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned ll Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, RajamahendraVaram. ii) on release, the petitioner shall appear before the Station House officer concerned, once ih a week i.e., on every Saturday between 10.00 am and o1.00 pm, till filing of the charge Sheet. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition iSallowed. ____---_---. --- //TRUE COPY ---_ I,(lJv ® To, ., 1. The " Additional Judicl'a' Flrst class Magistrate at RaJamahendravaram, East Godavarl' Dl®strict 2. The Superintendent, central Jal'I, Rajamahendravaram, East Godavari District 3. The StatI'On House officer, prakash Nagar police station, Rajahmundry, East Godavari DI-StrI-Ct 4. One CC to M/s JAMI MADHAVI Advocate [opuc] 5. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HI-gh Court of Andhra pradesh [OUT] 6. One spare copy PSR es ® EEB \\\5 \ ,giv HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED : 05/02/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.798 of 2025 ALLOWED