% IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX : PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12950 OF 2025 Between: Sri Palivela Santosh Kumar @ Bablu, S/o.Late Venkata Aooa Rao, Aged 23 yrs R/at D. No.36-94-271/3, Suresh RamNagar, Pedakothuru KapparadaKancharapalem, Visakhapatnam. ... Petitioner/Accused No.1 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through the S.H.O., of Kancharapalem P.S., Rep., by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. ...Respondent/Complainant F^etition under Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS, is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner / Accused no.1 on Bail in connection with the F.I.R.No.352/2025 of Kancharapalem P.S., Visakhapatnam The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of R SIVA SAI SWARUP Advocate for the Petitioner, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for Respondent and the Court made the following. ,PHC010671422025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) y If V [3521] TUESDAY.THE SIXTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12950/2025 Between: SRI PALIVELA SANTOSH KUMAR ALIAS BABLU, S/OLATE VENKATA AOOA RAOAGED 23 YRS RAMNAGAR, PEDAKOTHURU, KAPPARADAKANCHARAPALEM VISAKHAPATNAM. R/AT D.N0.36-94-271/3SURESH ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED N0.1 AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep., by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: R SIVA SAI SWARUP Counsel for the Respondent/complainant; PUBLIC PROSECUTOR / 2 Dr. YLR,J CrI..P No. 12950 of 2025 Dated 06.01.2026 ^ The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has beeh filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail in Crime No.352 of 2025 of Kancharapalem Police Station, Visakhapatnam City, registered against the Petitioner/Accused No.1 herein for the offences punishable under Sections 109 (1) and 118(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS’). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. As seen from the record, this is the second bail application. This Court vide order dated 03.12.2025 in CrI.P.No.11658 of 2025 dismissed the first bail application. The second bail application was filed on 10.12.2025. In the interregnum period, on 05.12.2025, after thorough investigation, the charge sheet was filed. The petitioner was arrested on 30.09.2025. He has been in judicial custody for the past 98 days. There is a change of circumstance. 4. The petitioner is a permanent resident of Kapparada, Kancharapalem Visakhapatnam. He has a fixed abode. If he is enlarged on bail with some stringent conditions, he may not evade the process of law. It takes a considerable length of time for the learned Trial Court to take up the matter for trial. Keeping the petitioner in judicial custody for such an indefinite period w 3 Dr.YLR.J Cri.P No. 12950 of 2025 Dated 06.01.2026 would not serve any purpose. No petition seeking custodial interrogation of the petitioner has been filed, and the period within which an application could be filed for custodial interrogation is also completed. The nature of the injuries suffered by the victims is simple in nature. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature and gravity of allegations levelled against the Petitioner/Accused No.1, this Court is inclined to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail with some stringent conditions. 6. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following stringent conditions: i. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall be enlarged on bail - subject to his executing bond for a sum of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned VII Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Visakhapatnam. ii. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall appear before the learned Trial Court on each and every adjournment without fail. iii. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not leave the limits of the State of Andhra Pradesh without prior permission from the learned f-' lurt concerned. 4 Dr. YLR,J Cri.P No. 12950 of 2025 Dated 06.01.2026 iv. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. V. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 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. SDI- B.PRASAD RAO DEPUTY REGISTRAR SECTION^ICER //TRUE COPY// To, A. The VII Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Visakhapatnam 2. The Station House Officer, Kancharapalem P.S., Visakhapatnam 3. One CC to SRI. R SIVA SAI SWARUP Advocate [OPUC] ^\NO CCS to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High court of A.P [OUT] 5. One spare copy \ HIGH COURT DR.YLRJ DATED:06/01/2026 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.12950 of 2025 ^0 6 JM 2026 ALLOWED