ORDER :

Since these Criminal Petitions are filed, under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(for short, ‘CrPC’), by different accused in the crime viz. crime No.198 of 2022 of Macherla Town police station, they are being taken up together for disposal by way of this Common Order.

2. The petitioners in Criminal Petition No. 10262 of 2022 are A.2, A.4 and A.8 to A.24; the petitioners in Criminal Petition No.10307 of 2022 are A.5 and A.6, and the petitioners in Criminal Petition No.10324 of 2022 are A.1, A.3 and A.7 respectively, in the aforesaid crime.

3. Basing on a statement dated 16.12.2022 given by the informant Challa Mohan, police registered the aforesaid crime against 24 persons for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 324, 307, 506 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘IPC’). The allegations, in brief, are as follows. On 16.12.2022 at 6.00 PM, the informant and his friend Upputolla Srinivasa Rao were having tea at China Convent Centre. At that time, T.D.P. party people were coming from Ring Road side by raising slogans ‘Idemi Kharmara Babu’ by conducting a rally, and when some unknown persons threw stones on them, the accused and 100