1 APHC010027282026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY,THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 401/2026 Between: 1. BANDI RAMANJULU ALIAS RAMANJANEYULU ALIAS BANTI, S/O SIVAIAH, AGED 39 YEARS, OCCAGRICULTURE,R/O D.NO. 14/4, KUMMARAPALLI VILLAGE,T. SUNDUPALLI MANDAL, KADAPA ,ANDHRA PRADESH. A1 2. VANTERU ALIAS VONTERU SANTOSH, S/O RAJA GOPAL,AGED 26 YEARS, OCC.AGRICULTURE,R/O D.NO. 118/2, PATIVANDLAPALLI VILLAGE,T. SUNDUPALLI MANDAL, KADAPA DISTRICT,ANDHRA PRADESH. A2 3. YEPURI RAGHAVA, S/O RAMANJULU,AGED 38 YEARS, OCCAGRICULTURE,R/O CHAKALAPALLI VILLAGE,T. SUNDUPALLI MANDAL, KADAPA ANDHRA PRADESH. A3 ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH,AMARAVATI. THROUGH STATION HOUSE OFFICER,T.SUNDUPALLI POLICE STATION, ANNAMAYYA DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT 2 Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court pleased to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused No.1 to Accused No.3 on regular bail in connection with the FIR No.210 of 2025, dated 17/12/2025 registered on the file of T.Sundupalli Police Station, Annamayya District, Andhra Pradesh for offences under section 126 (2), 324 (4), 109 BNS read with section 3(5) BNS Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. SYED KHADER MASTAN Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 401 OF 2026 ORDER:- The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 437 and 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity 8the Cr.P.C.9)/ Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity 8the BNSS9), seeking to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 on bail in Crime.No.210 of 2025 of T.Sundupalli Police Station, Annamayya District, registered against the Petitioners herein for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 324(4), 109 read Section 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short 9BNS9). 2. Heard Mr. Syed Khader Mastan, learned counsel for the petitioners and Ms.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/State. Perused the record. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that there is no intention on the part of the petitioners to commit the alleged offence. The learned counsel would further submits that the investigation is might have completed and police filed police custody petition that was allowed and at present the petitioners are in police custody as ordered by the Court. The 4 petitioners undertake to abide by any condition that this Court may impose while granting bail to the petitioners. 4. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, strenuously opposed the grant of bail, contending that the investigation is still underway and several material witnesses are yet to be examined. It is submitted that enlargement of the petitioners on bail at this stage would seriously hamper the progress of the investigation and may result in non-cooperation from the petitioners. The prosecution further apprehends that the petitioners, if released, may influence the witnesses, thereby obstructing the course of investigation. It is also urged that there exists a real and imminent risk of the petitioners absconding and evading the due process of law. and it is urged to dismiss the bail petition. 5. On perusal of the record and the statements of witnesses, it appears to be there are specific overt acts attributed to the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 3 as the petitioners are beat the defacto complainant indiscriminately with hands, legs and stones and also damaged the car of the defacto complainant. The investigation is at a nascent stage, and some more material witnesses are yet to be examined. The petitioners were arrested on 09.01.2026. They have been in judicial custody for the past 20 days only. The statutory period also not completed. There are no merits in the petition. Hence, the criminal petition is dismissed. 5 6. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. As a sequel thereto, the interlocutory applications, if any, pending in the Criminal Petition shall stand closed. __________________________________ DR.VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA, J Date: 28.01.2026 S D P 6 307 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 401 OF 2026 28.01.2026 S D P