1 APHC010100222026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] FRIDAY,THE SIXTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1537/2026 Between: 1. VENKATA RAMIREDDY ALIAS SANNEPALLI VENKATA RAMI REDDY, S/O. CHINNAPEERA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS,R/O. TUVVAPALLE VILLAGE, MUNNEPALLI POST, B. KODUR MANDAL,YSR KADAPA DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY SHO, B. KODUR POLICE STATION, YSR KADAPA DISTRICT.,REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTORHIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATHI. ...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 Court pleased to direct release of the Petitioner on Bail in the event of his arrest in connection with FIR.No.03 of 2026 on the file of the B. Kodur Police Station, YSR Kadapa District., and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. S DILIP JAYA RAM Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1537 OF 2026 ORDER:- The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) by the Petitioner/Accused No.4 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.3 of 2026 of B.Kodur Police Station, YSR Kadapa District, registered for the alleged offence punishable under Section 109, 118(1) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘the BNS’). 2. The case of the prosecution, in brief, are that there is a prior dispute between the complainant and petitioner regarding 51 cents of land. While so on 19.01.2026 at about 8.00 p.m., the accused Nos.1 to 10 along with some others pursuant to a premeditated plan and preparation with deadly weapons, attacked the complainant and others shouted to kill them and then the accused No.1 dealt a blow on the head of the complainant with an axe with an intention to kill him, resulted the complainant sustained a severe bleeding lacerated injury on the right side of his head near the eye and the remaining accused assaulted the complainant and his son and three others with hands and sticks and caused bleeding injuries and contusions to them. When they intervened to rescue the complainant. Thereafter, the injured persons were 3 shifted to Government Hospital, Porumamilla and from there referred to GGH, Kadapa for better treatment and from there to Hyderabad for better treatment. 3. Heard S.Dilip Jaya Ram, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms.K.Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 4. The Learned counsel for the Petitioner/Accused No.4 would submit that the petitioner was falsely implicated in this crime and he has not committed any offence. He is the sole breadwinner of his family and urged to grant pre- arrest bail to the petitioner. 5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor opposed for granting bail and Court may pass appropriate Orders. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances, in the light of the specific overt-acts attributed against the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to grant pre-arrest bail to the Petitioner/ Accused No.4. 7. At this juncture, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petition may be disposed of by granting liberty to the petitioner to surrender before the learned Jurisdictional Magistrate and to move a regular bail application, and that a direction may be issued to dispose of the said application as expeditiously as possible. 4 8. Considering the submissions made, the Criminal Petition is disposed of giving liberty to the petitioner/accused No.4 to surrender before the learned Jurisdictional Court concerned within one (01) week from the date of receipt of copy of this order, and move an appropriate application before the learned Jurisdictional Court concerned. The learned Jurisdictional Court concerned is directed to dispose of the said application keeping in mind that the petitioner herein is public servant, in accordance with law, on its own merits by giving due and sufficient opportunity to the learned Public Prosecutor concerned, and pass appropriate orders as expeditiously as possible. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ___________________________________ DR.VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA, J Date: 06.03.2026 S D P 5 45 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1537 OF 2026 06.03.2026 S D P