1 APHC010100082026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] THURSDAY,THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1567/2026 Between: 1. DODLO SUBBA RAYUDU, S/O OBULESU CHINNA OBULESU, AGED ABOUT 56 YEARSR/O YELLANURU VILLAGE MANDAL,ANANTHAPURAMU DISTRICT. 2. DODLO DHARMA, S/O RAMANJINEYULU BAKKANNA, AGED ABOUT 31 YEARSR/O YELLANURU VILLAGE MANDAL,ANANTHAPURAMU DISTRICT. 3. DODLO PAVAN KUMAR ALIAS PAVAN, S/O NARASIMHULU, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS,R/O YELLANURU VILLAGE MANDAL,ANANTHAPURAMU DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP.BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT BUILDINGS AT AMARAVATI. ...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 enlarge the petitioners/A6, A14, A18 on bail in connection with Crime No.1 of 2026 of Yellanur PS, Ananthapuram and pass 2 Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. VEPAMANINTI LOKABI RAM Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1567 OF 2026 ORDER:- The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused Nos.6, 14 and 18 on bail in Crime No.1 of 2026 of Yellanur Police Station, Ananthapuramu District, registered against the Petitioners/Accused Nos.6, 14 and 18 herein for the offences punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 109(1), 118(1) read with 190 of BNS. 2. The case of the prosecution is that this is a case of rioting with attempt to murder that occurred on 01.01.2026 at about 7.30 a.m., at Chariot Area, Main Bazaar, Yellanuru Village & Mandal, wherein the accused Nos.1 to 6 initially have armed with deadly weapons to beat one Boggu Sharath of Yellanuru Village and threatened to kill him at his house and while the complainant and their leader Bogati Vijaya Pratap Reddy, ZPTC-Yellanuru and some others went to Ananthapuramu with intent to meet their party leaders there to convey their New Year’s greetings to them, in the meantime the above mentioned Boggu Sharath made a phone call to the complainant and requested that please come and save him and while going towards Anantapuramu, when they reached the chariot area at main bazaar, Yellanuru they saw police personnel there. Then they asked them what had happened to 4 Boggu Sharath and then staged dharna on the road. Suddenly accused Nos.1 to 23 and some others were formed themselves an unlawful assembly with the common intention and armed with sticks and stones and attacked all of them with sticks and by hurled the stones and in this attack L.Ws.2 to 7 sustained severe bleedings injuries. 3. Heard Mr.V.Lokabiram, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.K.Sandeep, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/State. Perused the record. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners were falsely implicated in this case and the petitioners have not committed any offence as alleged by the prosecution. The petitioners are the sole breadwinners of their families. The learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that the petitioners filed a case against the complainant and other persons. The petitioners undertake to abide by any condition that this Court may impose while granting bail to the petitioners. 5. 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 complainant and other injured persons are discharged from the hospital. The 5 prosecution further apprehends that the petitioners, if released, may influence the witnesses, thereby obstructing the course of investigation. There are criminal antecedents reported against the petitioners. 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. 6. The allegation against the petitioners/accused Nos.6, 14 and 18 is that they along with some other accused beat the complainant and others and caused injuries and also threatened them with dire consequences. The petitioners were arrested on 09.01.2026 and since then have been in judicial custody. The petitioners and other accused filed case against the complainant and others. The substantial portion of the investigation in so far the involvement of the petitioners concerned is completed. Therefore, there is no possibility of the petitioners threatening the official witnesses, tampering with evidence, or hampering the investigation. No petition seeking custodial interrogation was filed by the police before the concerned Court below. The petitioners are permanent residents of Yellanuru Village & Mandal, Ananthapuramu District. They have got fixed abode. Even if conditions are imposed, there is no likelihood of their absconding or evading the process of law. No similar adverse criminal antecedents reported against the petitioners. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, nature and gravity of allegation levelled against the petitioners, their alleged roles played in this 6 case, and the period of detention undergone by the petitioners, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioners on bail. 8. In the result, the criminal petition is allowed, subject to the following stringent conditions. i. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.6, 14 and 18 shall be enlarged on bail subject to they executing bonds for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) each, with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tadipatri. ii. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.6, 14 and 18 shall appear before the Station House Officer, Yellanur Police Station, Ananthapuramu District for every two days in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till filing of charge sheet. iii. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.6, 14 and 18 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. iv. The Petitioners/Accused Nos. 6, 14 and 18 shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat, or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer. In the event of any interference with the witnesses, either directly or indirectly, or if they conduct meetings with other co-accused or circulate any material relating to this case on social media, the same shall be viewed seriously and may lead to cancellation of bail. 7 v. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.6, 14 and 18 shall surrender their passports, if any, to the concerned Magistrate Court. If they claim that they do not have passports, they shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the concerned Magistrate Court. vi. It is made clear that the Petitioners/Accused Nos.6, 14 and 18 shall scrupulously comply with the above conditions and breach of any of the above conditions will be viewed seriously and prosecution is at liberty to move an application for cancellation of the bail. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________________ DR.VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA, J Date: 05.03.2026 S D P 8 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1567 OF 2026 05.03.2026 S D P