APHC010631472025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12137/2025 Between: 1.KARRI SAI CHANDRA REDDY ALIAS SAI, S/O.RAMA KRISHNA REDDY, AGED 32 YEARS,R/O.D.NO. 13-25, VELAGALAVARIPALEM VILLAGE,PENUMANTRA MANDAL, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of A.P at Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.MANDA VENKATESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 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 No.10 on bail in Crime.No.227 of 2025 of Tanuku Town Police Station, West Godavari District, registered against the 2 Petitioner/Accused No.10 herein for the offences punishable under Sections 309(3), (6) and 307 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 20231. 2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. Sri Manda Venkateswara Rao, learned Counsel for the Petitioner submits that the Petitioner is innocent, he has not committed any offence, he was falsely implicated in this case. He is the sole breadwinner of his family, he has got fixed abode. If some conditions are imposed, which this Court deem it fit, the Petitioner would abide by those conditions while enlarging him on bail and it is urged to allow the Criminal Petition. 4. Per contra, Mr. Neelotphal Ganji, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that Petitioner/Accused No.10 gave shelter to the other accused and in turn he shared booty in addition to common intention. Investigation is at nascent stage and it is urged to dismiss the Criminal Petition. 5. On perusal of the record, there are altogether fourteen accused in this case. Seven accused are still at large. The core allegation against the Petitioner/Accused No.10 is that he shared the guilty intention with the other Accused, and he gave shelter to the other Accused, in turn he received one gold ornament, which was robbed from the house of the victim. Test identification parade has not yet been conducted. Robbed valuable property was seized from the other Accused. The Petitioner was arrested on 10.10.2025, he has been in the judicial custody for the 52 days only. There are 1 the BNS 3 two more adverse similar antecedents against the Petitioner. So far only thirteen witnesses are examined. Material portion of the investigation is not completed. Some more crucial witnesses are not yet examined. 6. At this juncture, if this Petitioner is enlarged on bail, it would certainly impede the further progress of the investigation. The house of the victim was trespassed by breakopen doors and on point of knives the Accused persons have forcibly took away the keys of the safe lockers and committed theft of several gold ornaments, in addition to cash of Rs.70,000/-. 7. This is a case of house breaking, followed by dacoity during nighttime, when the victim lady was sleeping in her house, criminal force was used against the victim with criminal intimidation by covering the faces of the Accused with masks. 8. For the above reasons, considering the gravity and nature of the allegations levelled against the Petitioner, and the stage of investigation, there are no merits in this case at present. Hence, the Criminal Petitioner is liable to be dismissed. 9. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 01.12.2025 VTS