I lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATlasas TUESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2003 OF 2025 Between : B.Yuvaraju @ 'Bairipogula Yuvaraju, S/o B.Nagaraju, aged 25 years, Occ: Painter, R/o. D.No.2-27, Gundlakandriga SC Colony Village, Gudima'la Panchayathi, Chelluru Post, Yerpedu Mandal, Tirupati District. ...Petitioner/Accused No.5 AND Th'e State of Andhra Pradesh, rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, At Amaravati. ...Respondent Petition under Section 480 & 483 of BNSS (Old Provision u/s 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C), is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed in support of the Criminal PetI'tiOn, the Hl'gh Court may be pleased to release the petitioner/accused no.5 on bail, inquiry and trial in Crime No. 9/2023 of RSASTF Police Station, Tirupati District. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri D.Purnachandra Reddy, Advocate for the Petitioner and of Public Prosecutor for Respondent, the Court made the following APHCO10094652025 lN THE HIGH COURTOFANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3369] TUESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRl` JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2003/2025 Between : B Yuvaraju @ Bairipogu'a Yuvaraju ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.D PURNACHANDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order= This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the BNSS, has been filed by the petitioner/A5, seek'lng regular bail, in Crime No.9 of 2023 of RSASTF Police Station, Tirupati. 2. A case has been registered against the Petitioner herein and others for the offences punishable under Sect-Ions 379 IPC and section 20(1)(d)(i)(a) read with 20(1)(c) ii, iii, iv, x, 36(a) read with 32A of the A.P. Forest (Amendment) Act, 2016. 3. Brief facts of the case are that, on 12.01.2023 at about 6.00 am, at lragalappa swamy Temple area, Chelluru Forest Beat, Yerpedu Mandal, in which Al was arrested and 16 red sander roots were seized from his possession. During the /a *_ }f-92< \,.---` s- course of investigation, Al confessed about the involvement of the other accused. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Petitioner iS nO Way concerned With the Offence alleged and no Property Was Seized from the possession Of the Petitioner, Only basing on the confessional statement of A1, the petitioner herein is arrayed as accused in the present crime. The petitioner has been in judicial custody from 31.01.2025. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that preliminary charge sheet has been filed and the pet-ltioner herein has no previous crime record| It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has permanent abode and there is no possibility of his fleeing away from the Jurisdiction of the Court. 6. In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, since the petitioner herein is arrayed as accused basing on the confessional statement of A1, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner herein/A5, on the following conditions. i. The petitioner/A5 shall be released on executing a personal bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of .RI -_-_-- the learned Judicial Magistrate of First aass for Tr,-al of cases relating to Red Sander smuggling, TirupatI'. ii. on release, the petitl-oner sha" appear before the station House officer concerned, once I-n a fortnight I-.e., on lst and 15th of every month between 10.00 AM and o1.00 PM., for a Period Of three (3) months. iji. The petitl'oner is dI-reCted not to hamper the investl'gatl-on and tamper with the prosecutl-on witnesses. 7. Accordingly, the criminal petjtl-on js a"owed. Sd/- uo ,§Ri DEB/i ASS'STAP\5-r gBEL=r1±_f=``Ti3 A is //TRUE COPY// To, SECT,JOIN ®FF!CFR 1. The Judicial Magl'strate of First Class for trial of cases relatl-ng to Red Sander smuggling, Tirupati. 2. The Superintendent, sub-Jail, TirupatI'. 3. The Statl'on House officer, RSASTF PoII'Ce Station, Tirupati DjstrI-Ct. 4. One CC to SRI D.PURNACHANDRA REDDY Advocate [opuc] 5. Two cos topuBLIC PROSECUTOR, High court of A.P., Amaravati.[ouT] 6. One spare copy. PSD I. ..=t: HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED:04/03/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.2003 of 2025 ALLOWED