KOLLAM RAJANI KANTH REDDY v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
CRLP/1596/2025 · 2025-02-25
K Sreenivasa Reddy
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[ 2025 DAILYLAW 7433 (AP) · dailylaw.ai ]
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JZZ,ZJ [3327] IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY J_I.P`:a-+-#€# TWOTHOUSANDANDTWENTYFIVE r : PFaESENT.I i\ THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY `i i(i CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1596 OF 2025 Betwee n : r RT;i; Kollam RajanI' Kanth Reddy, S/o Thirumala Reddy, Aged 49 years, occ.I Agrl'culture coolie, R/o Mallemvaripam village, vanthuluruJYSR Kadapa DistrI'Ct. PetjtI'Oner/A3 r AND The State of A.P, Rep by its public Prosecutor, High court ofA.P at AmaravatI', Nelapadu, Guntur DistrI®Ct Respondent - petition under sections 480 & 483 of BNSS (Old Sectl|ons 437 & 439 of cr.p.c), praying that jn the cI'rCumStanCeS Stated Ion the affldavI't filed I-n support of the criminal petjtI'On, the High Court may be pleased to release the petitl'oner on ba" in connectl-on wl-th RSS PRC.No.195 of 2023 on the file of the JudI-CI'al Mag,-strafe of First Class Gum specI'al Court for Tr,'al of cases relating to Red Sanders Smuggll-ng, TI'ruPatl'. arI'S,'ng out of Cri.No.85 of 2018 on the file of the pullampeta PS. ~ The petitI®On COmI'ng On for hearing, upon perus[-ng the petI'tl'On and the grounds fl-,ed jn support thereof and upon heart-ng the arguments of srj B S REDDY, Advocate for the pet,'tI-Oner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the court made the following,a ~
ORDER: This Crim'lnal Petit-Ion, u/Sec.480 & 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik suraksha sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the Petitioner/A3, seeking bail -ln p.R.C.No.195/2023 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First class Gum special court of trial of cases relat-Ing tO Red Sanders smuggling, Tirupati (Crime No.85/2018 of Pullampeta police station). 2. The petitioner is accused nO.3 in P.R.C.No.195/2023 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class Gum Special Court for trial of Cases relating to Red Sanders Smuggling, Tirupati (Crime No.,85/2018 of Pullampeta police station). 3. Case of the prosecution, -ln brief, iS that a Case has been registered against the petit-loner and others in the above said crime and after completion of investigation, police laid charge sheet and it Was numbered as p.R.C.No.195/2023 and as the petitioner did not attend the court during the time of committal, the concerned Court issued non- bailable warrant against the petitioner. Thereafter, the petitioner filed an appl'lcation on o6.01.2025 for recall of NBW issued aga-lnst him and the same was dismissed, and the petitioner was committed to judicial remand.
After that, the petit-loner filed Crl.M.P.No.290/2025 before the
2 AddI-tI-OnaI DistrI-Ct & Sessions Judge for trial of Red Sanders smugglI-ng cases, Tirupati and the same was dismissed on o5.02.2025 on the ground that different versI'OnS have been attributed by the petitioner hereI'n I-n his petl'tion. One of the grounds that has been taken is that he went to Kuwait for working there. 4. Learned Assistant public Prosecutor opposed the bail application on the ground that if bal-I is granted, there is every chance of his fleeing away to Kuwait, and prays to dismiss the petI'tiOn. 5. In pursuance to the execution of the non-baI'lable warrant, the petitioner was arrested on o6.01.'2025 and since then he Its I-n judicI'aI custody i.e. for more than 45 days. 6. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this court is inclined to grant baI-I tO the Petitioner herein, on the following conditions. (i) The petitioner/A3 herein shall be released on his executing a Personal bond for Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfactl-on of the Judicial Magistrate of First class-Gum-special court for trial of cases relating to Red Sanders Smuggling, Tirupathl'; (ii) On release, the petitioner shall appear before -the station House Officer concerned once in a week I'.e. On every Sunday between 10.00 a.m. and o5.00 p.m., till completl-on of trial;
3 (iii) The petitioner shall surrender his passport before the Court concerned. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. Sd/- V. SAVITRI GOWRI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR For ASSISTANT EGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// To,
1. The Judicial Magistrate of First class Gum Special Court for Trial of cases relating to Red Sanders Smuggling, Tirupati
2. The Superintendent, Sub Jail, Tirupati
3. The S.H.O., Pullampeta Police Station, Tirupati
4. One CC to SRl. B S REDDY Advocate [OPUC]
5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OUT]
6. One spare copy Ki
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HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED : 25/02/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.1596 of 2025 ALLOWED I. -=_--_|`tfr`