APHC010068382025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY,THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NOS: 1461 & 1848 OF 2025 CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1461/2025 Between: 1. SMT VIDADALA RAJANI, W/O KUMARA SWAMY VIDADALA AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS, FORMER MINISTER, R/O 36-137, MAIN ROAD, PURUSHOTHAMA PATNAM, CHILAKALURIPET. 2. NAGISETTY JAYA PHANINDRA,, S/O SRINIVASA RAO AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, R/O 7-130, GANDHIPET, CHILAKALURIPET. 3. RAMA KRISHNA,, S/O ANJAIAH, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, R/O 2-71 VEMAVARAM, PRAKASHAM. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT AT AMARAVATHI, THROUGH S.H.O., CHILAKALURIPETA TOWN P.S., GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. PILLI KOTESWAR RAO, S/O PILLI SUBBA RAO, AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS, R/O D.NO 11-428 EAST MALLAPALI VILLAGE, CHILAKALURIPETA. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. S DUSHYANTH REDDY 2 Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. V V LAKSHMI NARAYANA 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1848/2025 Between: 1. VADDI SURYANARAYANA, S/O. KANNAIAH, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, PRESENTLY RESIDING CIRCLE INSPECTOR, SOCIAL MEDIA AND CYBER CELL PRAKASAM DISTRICT AT ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AMARAVATHI, THROUGH S.H.O. CHILAKALURIPETA TOWN P.S., PALANADU DISTRICT. 2. PILLI KOTESWAR RAO, S/O.PILLI SUBBA RAO, AGED 38 YEARS, R/O.D NO.11-428, EAST MALAPALLI, CHILAKALURIPETA, PALANADU DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. MADHAVA RAO NALLURI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. V V LAKSHMI NARAYANA 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NOS: 1461 and 1848 of 2025 COMMON ORDER : These Criminal Petitions have been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) by the Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 in Crl.P.No.1461 of 2025 and petitioner/accused No.1 in Crl.P.No.1848 of 2025 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.39 of 2025 on the file of Chilakaluripeta Town Police Station, Guntur District, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 343, 506 r/w 34 of IPC and Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2) (va) of SC & ST (POA), Act. 2. Since the subject matter of these Criminal Petitions is one and the same, at the request of the learned counsel on both sides, these matters are heard together and the following common order has been passed. 3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Public Prosecutor representing on behalf of the State. Perused the record. 4. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the de facto complainant is an active member of the Telugu Desam Party and was appointed as the in- charge of the party’s social media for the Chilakaluripeta Constituency. The petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 4 unlawfully detained the de facto complainant, and on 21.08.2019, they abused him by using his caste name and subjected him to custodial torture. Further, the petitioner/accused No.1 also abused the 4 de facto complainant during a WhatsApp video call by uttering his caste name. Based on the complaint lodged by the de facto complainant, the present crime was registered. 5. Learned counsels for the petitioners would submit that a false case has been lodged against the petitioners, wherein the Coordinate Bench of this Court has granted anticipatory bail to the petitioners. The learned counsels for the petitioners would further submit that initially the Coordinate Bench of this Court has granted interim protection to the petitioners/accused Nos.2 to 4 in Crl.P.No.1461 of 2025 vide order dated 18.02.2025 and also granted interim protection to the petitioner/accused No.1 in Crl.P.No.1848 of 2025 vide order dated 01.04.2025. Learned counsels for the petitioners would further submit that petitioners have been in the protection since from the beginning. Their liberty may be continued subject to imposing any conditions by this Court. 6. Learned Public Prosecutor would submit that the petitioners are not entitled for anticipatory bail and investigation is still pending. He finally prays for dismissal of the petition. 7. Considering the submissions made and a fair look at the material placed on record before this Court, several contentions raised in the present petitions are disputed factual aspects of the matter which requires investigation at full length of trial. In that scenario, since there is no dispute about the fact that in the present case the petitioners are at liberty from the beginning, nothing is brought to the notice of this Court that the petitioners have misused the liberty which is granted to them. In that view of the matter, 5 while continuing the interim protection granted by the Coordinate Bench of this Court in Crl.P.No.1461 of 2025, dated 18.02.2025 to the petitioners/accused Nos.2 to 4 and in Crl.P.No.1848 of 2025, dated 01.04.2025 to the petitioner/accused No.1, these Criminal Petitions are disposed of with the following conditions: i. The interim protection which is given to Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 in Crl.P.No.1461 of 2025 and petitioner/accused No.1 in Crl.P.No.1848 of 2025 from arrest in these matters be continued till the disposal of the matters, subject to their conduct and compliance of the conditions referred infra; ii. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 in Crl.P.No.1461 of 2025 and petitioner/accused No.1 in Crl.P.No.1848 of 2025 shall make themselves available for investigation as and when required and shall cooperate with the Investigating Officer for further investigation. iii. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 in Crl.P.No.1461 of 2025 and petitioner/accused No.1 in Crl.P.No.1848 of 2025 shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses; iv. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 in Crl.P.No.1461 of 2025 and petitioner/accused No.1 in Crl.P.No.1848 of 2025 shall surrender their passports, if any, to the Investigating Officer. If they claim that they does not have passports, they shall submit affidavits to that effect to the Court concerned. v. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 in Crl.P.No.1461 of 2025 and petitioner/accused No.1 in Crl.P.No.1848 of 2025 shall furnish all information and produce any material documents 6 relating to the present crime, if required, to facilitate and conclude the investigation. vi. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 in Crl.P.No.1461 of 2025 and petitioner/accused No.1 in Crl.P.No.1848 of 2025 shall not leave the country, without express permission from the concerned Court. vii. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 in Crl.P.No.1461 of 2025 and petitioner/accused No.1 in Crl.P.No.1848 of 2025 shall furnish their working mobile numbers to the Investigating Officer to monitor their movements. viii. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 in Crl.P.No.1461 of 2025 and petitioner/accused No.1 in Crl.P.No.1848 of 2025 shall refrain from conducting any press meets and shall not directly or indirectly make any statements relating to this case in the social media or any other social network platform. ix. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 in Crl.P.No.1461 of 2025 and petitioner/accused No.1 in Crl.P.No.1848 of 2025 shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned, once in a week i.e., on every Sunday, between 10:00 AM and 05:00 PM, till further orders. x. In violation of any conditions imposed by this Court, the prosecution is at liberty to file a petition for cancellation of the interim protection from arrest granted to the petitioners. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous applications, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ___________________________________ DR.VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA, J Date: 16.03.2026. S D P 7 300 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NOS: 1461 & 1848 OF 2025 Dt: 16.03.2026 S D P