APHC010068362026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY,THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1033/2026 Between: 1.MITTAPLLI DHEERAJ KRISHNA, S/O. SIVA KUMAR,AGED 31 YEARS. BUSINESS, R/O KOTHAPETA,GUNTUR TOWN, GUNTUR DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep byPublic Procecuter, High Court of Andhra Pradesh,Nelapadu, Aamaravathi, Guntur District,and SHO Arundelpet Police Station,Guntur Town, Guntur District. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT 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 Courtpleased to enlarged the petitioner on Bail parting Crime No 861 of 2025 on the file of Adundalpet Police Station,Guntur Town, Guntur District pending investigation and filing charge shit and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.K L N SWAMY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1033/2026 ORDER: The Criminal Petition under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2024 (for short ‘BNSS’) has been filed by the Petitioner/Accused No.2, seeking regular bail in Cr.No.861 of 2025 of Arundalpet Police Station, Guntur District, registered for the offences punishable under Section 409 read with 34 of IPC. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the petitioner/A.2 being a Director of the company, along with the other Directors, cheated the defacto complainant to a tune of Rs.10,89,68,595/-. 3. Heard Sri K.L.N.Swamy, learned counsel for the Petitioner, Mrs. K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, representing the State/Respondent. 4. Upon hearing the learned counsel appearing on either side and upon perusal of the material available on record, this Court finds that the allegations against the petitioner/A.2 prima facie disclose the commission of a serious offence involving misappropriation of a substantial sum of Rs.10,89,68,595/-. 5. Having regard to the nature of the accusation, the specific role attributed to the petitioner in his capacity as Director of the company, and 3 the gravity of the offence punishable under Section 409 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, this Court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail at this stage. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous applications, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. __________________________________________ DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 18.02.2026 SAB 4 236 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1033/2026 Dt.18.02.2026 SAB