Date of reserved for orders : Nil Date of pronouncement : 01.07.2026 Date of uploading : 07.07.2026 APHC010290812026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY, THE 1st DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4683/2026 Between: 1. KONDETI RAJENDRA PRASAD, S/O.VENKATESWARA RAO, AGE ABOUT 39 YEARS,R/O.D.NO.1-68, MOPIDEVI VILLAGE AND MANDAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Through SHO, Gudiwada UPS, KrishnaDistrict, Rep. By its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh,Velagapudi, Amaravati, Guntur District. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. RIZWAN ALI SHAIK Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 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.9 for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.136 of 2025, dated 08.10.2025 of Gudivada II Town Urban Police Station, Krishna District, registered for the alleged offence punishable under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 340 read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS’). 2. Several times, there has been no representation for the Petitioner. Even after posting the matter under the caption ‘for Dismissal,’ there is no representation today. 3. Heard the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 4. As seen from the record, the Petitioner is arrayed as Accused No. 9. Specific overt acts have been attributed against the Petitioner. The custodial interrogation of the Petitioner is required to elicit further facts in the course of investigation. 5. In view of the specific overt acts attributed against the Petitioner, this Court is not inclined to grant pre-arrest bail to the Petitioner, as it would amount to giving a shield, or protection or license to the Petitioner who had allegedly caused severe injuries to the victim, as per the judgments of the Hon’ble Apex Court in Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Panjab 1 and 1(1980) 2 SCC 565 3 Sushila Aggarwal v. State of (NCT of Delhi)2. Hence, this Criminal Petition is liable to be dismissed. 6. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 01.07.2026 PRA Whether the order is: Speaking Reasoned Reportable Non-reportable (2020) 5 SCC 1 4 135 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4683 of 2026 Date:01.07.2026 PRA