APHC010663972025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY,THE EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12731/2025 Between: CHEEMAKURTHI DEVA RAVI KIRAN ALIAS KIRAN, S/O VEERABHADRAIAH,AGED ABOUT 25 YEARS, R/O AVVARU STREET, ,PONNURU, GUNTUR DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF A. P., AMARAVATI,THROUGH S.H.O., PONNURU RURAL P.S., GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. VICTIM, VICTIM ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: SRINIVASU L Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. VENKATESH KOSARAJU 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.12731 of 2025 Dated 08.01.2026 The Court made the following: ORDER: 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 Petitioner/Accused No.2 on bail in Crime No.170 of 2025 of Ponnur Rural Police Station, Guntur District, registered against the Petitioner/Accused No.2 herein for the offence punishable under Section 65(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS’) and Section 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012(for brevity ‘the POCSO Act’) 2. Sri L.Srinivasu, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent. He was falsely implicated in this case. He is a law- abiding citizen. He has not committed any offence. He has got fixed abode. He would abide by any condition which this Court deems fit to enlarge the Petitioner on bail, Accused No.1 is already enlarged on bail by the learned Trial Court and it is urged to allow the petition. 3. Per Contra, Ms.P.Akhila Naidu, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that accusation against the petitioner is well-founded as the Charge Sheet has already been filed, and it is urged to dismiss the petition. 4. Mr.Venkatesh Kosaraju, the learned counsel for Respondent No.2/legal aid counsel reiterated the arguments of the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor and urged to dismiss the petition, as the accusation against the petitioner is well-founded. The petitioner, taking advantage of the minority and 3 Dr.YLR,J Crl.P.No.12731 of 2025 Dated 08.01.2026 vulnerability of the victim, committed penetrative sexual assault on several occasions. 5. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned legal aid counsel for the Respondent No.2 and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 6. On perusal of the record, it is alleged that the Petitioner/Accused No.2 had indulged in penetrative sexual assault on the victim girl on several occasions. The police, after thorough investigation, filed the charge sheet. The accusation against the petitioner is well-founded. The petitioner was arrested on 15.09.2025. He has been in judicial custody for the past 113 days only. The request for grant of bail to the petitioner at this juncture is not found convincing or reasonable. Hence, the petition is liable to be dismissed. 7. In the result, the petition is dismissed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 08.01.2026 PRA