[3396 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUBS TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 327 OF 2026 Between: 1. Dodda Chinna Mallaiah, S/o Venkateswarlu Aged about 37 years, Occ AgriculturalistR/o Mallavaram Village, Rentachintala Mandal Palandu District. 2. Dodda Dastagiri, S/o Koteswararao Aged about 23 years, Occ Agriculturalist R/o Mallavaram Village, Rentachintala Mandal Palandu District. 3. Bathula Lingaiah, S/o KondaiahAged about 43 years, Occ AgriculturalistR/o Mallavaram Village, Rentachintala Mandal Palandu District. 4. Dodda Mallaiah, S/o Venkateswarlu Aged about 37 years, Occ Agriculturalist R/o Mallavaram Village, Rentachintala Mandal Palandu District. 5. Dodda Santhosh Kumar, S/o Narasimha Rao Aged about 19 years, Occ Student R/o Mallavaram Village, Rentachintala Mandal Palandu District. 6. Dodda Ganguraju, S/o Punnaiah Aged about 43 years, Occ Agriculturalist R/o Mallavaram Village, Rentachintala Mandal Palandu District. 7. Dodda Anjaneyulu, S/o Ganguraju Aged about 21 years, Occ Student R/o Mallavaram Village, Rentachintala Mandal Palandu District. 8. Dodda Vasu, S/o Nagulu Aged about 30 years, Occ Agriculturalist R/o Mallavaram Village, Rentachintala Mandal Palandu District. 7 9. Dodda China Lakshmaiah, S/o Koteswara Rao Aged about 34 years, Occ Agriculturalist R/o Mallavaram Village, Rentachintala Mandal Palandu District. 10. Dodda Koteswararao, S/o Pedda Mallaiah Aged about 59 years, Occ Agriculturalist R/o Maltavaram Village, Rentachintala Mandal Palandu District Dodda Narasimharao, S/o Punniah Aged about 44 years, Occ Agriculturalist R/o Mallavaram Village, Rentachintala Mandal Palandu District. 11. Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 11 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh. Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 480 and 483 of BNSS, is filed herein praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No. 1 to 11 by granting regular bail in Crime No. 105/2025 on the file of Rentachinthala Police Station, Palnadu District. The petition/Appeal coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and upon hearing the argumentsof SRI RAMALAKSHMANA REDDY SANEPALLI Advocate for the Petitioner(s), PUBLIC PROSECUTOR Advocate for the Respondent and the Court made the following. ORDER: T THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 327 OF 2026 ORDER:- The 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 Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 11 on bail in Crime No. 105 of 2025 of Rentachinthala Police Station, Palnadu District, registered against the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 11 herein for the offence punishable under Section 109(1) read with 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The case of the prosecution in brief is that on 24.12.2025 at about 10.00 a.m when the defacto complainant went to the cattle belongs to father of Accused No.1, the father of Accused No.1 abused the defacto complainant in filthy language. Subsequently the defacto complainant’s brother picked up quarrel with father of Accused No.1 and suffered injuries. On coming to know the same. Accused No.1 to 11 formed into unlawful assembly at 6.30 p.m attacked the defacto complainant and caused injuries. Basing on a complaint, the above crime was registered. 2. 3. Heard Ms. Pulipati Vandana, learned counsel, representing Mr. S. Rama Lakshmana Reddy, learned Counsel for the Petitioners and Ms. K. Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 4. Learned counsel for the Petitioners would submit that there was a fight between two groups. Initially there is an attack on father of Accused No.1 by the defacto complainant and he sustained injuries. Due to which this alleged incident took place. Learned counsel would submit that by this time investigation might have completed, there is no intention on the part of any of the Accused to kill the injured. 5. Learned counsel for the Petitioners would submit that Petitioners were arrested on 25.12.2025 and they have been in judicial custody since then. The Petitioners are permanent residents of Mallavaram Village, Rentachintala Mandal, Palnadu District. The Petitioners are ready to furnish sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of learned Trial Court to assure their presence for the purpose of trial. 6. Ms. K. Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the Wound Certificate would show the injuries sustained by the injured are simple in nature. Investigation is completed and charge sheet also filed. Considering the submissions made, on perusal of the material on record 7. and taking into consideration of the case, it is not the stage to decide the culpability of the offences. In that view, it is desirable to release the Petitioners on regular bail with the following stringent conditions: 8. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions; The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 11 shall be enlarged on bail subject to their executing a personal bond for a sum of •?v^ Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only) each with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division) Macherla. f The Petitioners/Accused Nos. 1 to 11 shall appear before the Station House Officer, Rentachinthala Police Station, on / every Saturday in between 10;00 am and 05:00 pm, till cognizance is taken by the learned the Trial Court. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 11 shall not leave the limits of the State of Andhra Pradesh without prior permission from the Station House Officer concerned. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 11 shall not commit or IV. indulge in commission of any offence in future. V.' The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 11 shall cooperate with the investigating officer in further investigation of the case and shall make themselves available for interrogation by the investigating officer as and when required. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 11 shall not, directly or VI. indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 11 shall surrender their VII. passports, if any, to the investigating officer. If they claim that they do not have passports, they shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the Investigating Officer. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allo\A/ed. 9. SOI- G.HELANAIDU DEPUTY R^ISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER \ ( To, 1. The Addl. Civil Judge, (Junior Division), Macherla. 2. The Superintendent, Sub-Jail, Macherla. 3. One CC to SRI. RAMALAKSHMANA REDDY [OPUC] 4. Two CC’s to Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP 5. One Spare Copy. SANEPALLI Advocate at Amaravati. [OUT] T HIGH COURT DR.VJP,J DATED: 20/01/2026 ORDER CRLP.No.327 of 2026 7 //' ALLOWED