APHC010069052026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY,THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1073/2026 Between: GAJULA SIDDHARTHA, S/O LATE GAJULA VIVEKANANDA, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, RESIDENT OF D.NO. 4-72-14, C.B COLONY,BEACH ROAD, VISAKHAPATNAM - 530007 ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, THROUGH MUWALAVANI PALEM POLICE STATION, VISHAKAPATNAM DISTRICT A.P. HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. SOMISETTY GANESH BABU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The instant petition under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) has been filed seeking to grant anticipatory bail to the Petitioner / Accused No.1, in connection with Crime No.244 of 2025 on the file of Muvvalavanipalem Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate, which is registered for the offences under Sections 329(3), 324(4), 308(5), 109(1), 61(2) and 111(1) read with 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’). 2 2. Heard Sri Somisetty Ganesh Babu, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Sri K.Sandeep, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for State/Respondent. 3. Learned counsel for the Petitioner would submit that the Petitioner has not committed any offence as alleged by the Prosecution. It is further submitted that, there are no specific allegations against the Petitioner and he is falsely implicated. Learned counsel would submit that several co- accused in the present crime have already been granted bail. It is further submitted that the Petitioner is ready to furnish sureties to the satisfaction of the Court. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor opposed the petition, submitting that the allegations against the Petitioner are serious and that the material collected during investigation prima facie discloses his involvement. It is further submitted that the investigation is ongoing and there are no change of circumstances from the date of dismissal of the earlier application. Hence, prayed for dismissal of the petition. 5. In the present case, the allegations against the Petitioner are stated to be serious. The material collected during investigation, as pointed out by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, prima facie indicates the involvement of the Petitioner in the commission of the alleged offence. In view of the confessional statement of the co-accused in the presence of mediators as to the payment of supari, necessity of custodial investigation claimed by the prosecution, criminal antecedents against the Petitioner and no change of 3 circumstances from the date of dismissal of the earlier application, this Court is not inclined to exercise discretion in favour of the Petitioner. 6. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:23.02.2026 Dinesh 4 THE HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION No.1073 of 2026 DATE:23.02.2026 Dinesh