APHC010676312025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY,THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12921 OF 2025 Between: 1. MALLAVARAM SAI PRASAD REDDY ALIAS SAI PRASAD, DNO. 1-40- 1, NADAVALUR VILLAGE, RC PURAM MANDAL, TIRUPATI ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI 2. A RAJASEKHAR, S/O. LATE KR ARUMUGAM, AGED 52 YEARS, OCC.ADVOCATE, R/O. D.NO.18-1-321/A, BHAVANI NAGAR, TIRUPATI TOWN, TIRUPATI DISTRICT. RESPONDENT NO.2 IS IMPLEADED AS PER THE COURT ORDER DATED 06.01.2026 IN CRL.P.NO.12921 OF 2025. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. D PURNACHANDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12921 OF 2025 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 Petitioner/Accused on bail in Crime No. 203 of 2025 of Puttur Urban Police Station, Chittoor District, registered against the Petitioner/Accused herein for the offence punishable under Sections 109(1), 351(2) read with 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 2. Heard Mr. D. Purna Chandra Reddy, the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and Ms. K. Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. The case of the prosecution in brief is that on 07.11.2025, the defacto complainant, who is an Advocate attended the Court at Puttur in connection with a case in HMOP No.36 of 2025 on behalf of wife of the defacto complainant. At about 2.45 p.m on the same day, the Accused came out from the court and on seeing the defacto complainant, the Accused drove the car in high speed with an intention to kill the defacto complainant and caused injuries. Basing on the complaint, the instant Crime came to be registered. 4. Learned counsel for the Petitioner would submit that the Petitioner was arrested on 08.11.2025 and he has been in judicial custody since then. The Petitioner is a permanent resident of Nadavalur Village, RC Puram Mandal, Tirupati District. Learned counsel for the Petitioner would submit that the Petitioner undertakes not to interfere with investigation. The Petitioner is ready to furnish sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of learned Trial Court to assure his presence for the purpose of trial. The defacto complainant is not even admitted into hospital and he did not sustain any injuries as alleged. False allegations were made against the Petitioner only to bend upon his terms. 5. Ms. K. Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that Wound Certificate of the defacto complainant would show the simple injuries. Investigation is pending and eight witnesses were examined. 6. Considering the submissions made, on perusal of the material on record and taking into consideration of the case, it is not the stage to decide the culpability of the offences. Crucial part of investigation is completed and statement of the victim was also recorded. The Wound Certificate would show that the defacto complainant sustained simple injuries. In that view, it is desirable to release the Petitioner on regular bail with the following stringent conditions: 7. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: i. The Petitioner/Accused shall be enlarged on bail subject to his executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Puttur. ii. The Petitioner/Accused shall appear before the Station House Officer, Puttur Police Station, Chittoor District, on every Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till cognizance is taken by the learned the Trial Court. iii. The Petitioner/Accused shall not leave the limits of the State of Andhra Pradesh without prior permission from the Station House Officer concerned. iv. The Petitioner/Accused shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. v. The Petitioner/Accused shall cooperate with the investigating officer in further investigation of the case and shall make himself available for interrogation by the investigating officer as and when required. vi. The Petitioner/Accused 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 him/her from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer. vii. The Petitioner/Accused shall surrender his passport, if any, to the investigating officer. If he claims that he do not have passport, he shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the Investigating Officer. 8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. __________________________________ DR.VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA, J Date: 19.01.2026 KK