E.E a<---Z' lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE .I PRESENT.I THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2271 OF 2025 Between.I pidugu srinl'vasa Reddy, s/o. Ranga Reddy, MPTC, R/o.H.No.4-59C, GadI-kOta VI-IIage, Giddalur Mandal, prakasam Distrl-ct. Petitioner/proposed Accused AND The State ofAndhra pradesh, Rep.by public prosecutor, High Court of Andhra pradesh, at Amaravathi. Respondents petition under sectl'ons 482 of BNSS (old 438 of Cr.P.C), praying that I-n the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed I-n support of the crl-minaI petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitl-oner/Accused on ba" in the event of his arrest ,'n cr.No.5/2025 on the file of Giddalur PS, dated 17-01-2025, U/See.191(2),191(3),109,118(2), 326(G), R/w 190 of BNS Act. The petitI®On coming on for hearl-ng, upon perusing the petl'tjon and the grounds filed jn support thereof and upon hearl'ng the arguments of sri DEVARAYALU B M, Advocate for the petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the court made the following,I FRIDAY ,THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2271/2O25 Betwee n : Pidugu Srinivasa Reddy ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. DEVARAYALU B M Counsel for the Respondent/complainantl. 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER:I The Criminal. Petition, u/See.482 of B.N.S.S js filed on behalf of the petitioner/proposed accused to grant anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.5/2025 of Giddalur Police Station, Prakasam District. 2) A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offence punishable u/See.118(1), 326(G) r/w 3(5) of B.N.S. .*es--:+, i=E= i= On 16.01.2025 at 19.00 hours the complainant was at Ramalayam Center, keeping previous grudges about land dI-SPute, accused and some others were beat the complainant with sticks and stones, then caused blood injuries on right hand ring finger, on left hand index finger, on right hand and on forehead and also the accused were set on fire to the complainant house, then the complal'nant escaped from the house. Later the complainant admitted in Area Hospl'tal, Gl®ddalur for treatment. Basing on the complaint given by the Complainant poll'ce regI'Stered the same as a case in crl'me No.4 of 2025 of Giddalur police station, prakasam District. This application is filed on behalf of proposed accused. 4) The learned counsel for the petitl-oner contended that the petI-tiOner's name I-S not mentioned I-n the FIR. lt is alleged that the victim and the petitI'Oner being MPTC, were present at the scene of offence. The defacto complainant did not mention the PetitiOner'S name in the complaint. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits about the petitionerJs role has been established during the course of the investigation. It is further submitted that A1, A3, A10, A13, A15 and A16, were granted `. ,....` 3 ~. ba" by the learned Sessions Court. The release Order indicates that the case was rev'lewed and observed by the learned sess-Ions Judge, and it further Shows that nO Weapons Were used at the time of commission of offence and that the 'InVeStigatiOn 'lS Pending tO receive the RFSL report. When ascerfa']ned the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor confirmed that the petitioner has no previous antecedents. 5) Considering the facts, Such aS the PetitiOner'S name not being mentioned in FIR, most Of the investigation being completed, and the other accused being granted bail, the possibility of the pet'ltioner's name being included due to political reasons cannot be ruled out. The petitioner aS an MPTC, there is no possibility of his fleeing away from the Jurisdiction Of the court and considering the fact that no antecedents have been reported against h|lm. As such, this Court iS inclined tO grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6) Accord-lngly, the Pet'ltiOner/Proposed accused iS directed to surrender before the station House Offilcer concerned Within two (2) weeks from today and On Such Surrender, the Petitioner sha" be released on bail on his executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand Only) With two czfsg 4 sureties for a lI'ke Sum each to the satjsfactjon of the arresting police officials and the petI-tl-Oner shall cooperate for investl-gatI'On and he shall appear before the investl'gatl-ng officer as and when hI-S Presence is requI-red. The Petitl-oners sha" not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution wI-tneSSeS. 7) with the above djrectI-OnS, the CrI'minaI Petjtjon is a"owed. sd/-p.u.v. BHASKAR RAG Fo //TRUE COPY// sEC"ON OFFICER To, 1. The VI Additional District & Sessions Judge, Prakasam at Markapur 2. The Station House Officer, Giddalur Police Station, Prakasam District. 3. One CC to SRl. DEVARAYALU B M Advocate [OPUC] . 4. Two cos to Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OUT] 5. One spare copy Kj '~ ®€ HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED:21 /O3/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.2271 of 2025 ALLOWED