IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
K.SREENIVASA REDDY
Pamidikalva Madhusudhan S/o Chenchu Subbaiah (Late) – Appellant
Versus
State Of Andhra Pradesh, Rep., by its Public Prosecutor Police Department, High Court of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent
ORDER :
K. SREENIVASA REDDY, J.
This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘the BNSS ’) has been filed on behalf of the petitioner/accused No.2 to grant regular bail to the petitioner/accused No.2 in Crime No.56 of 2025 of Suryaraopet Police Station, Vijayawada city, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 409 , 420, 477A, 120B read with 34 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE , 1860 (for brevity ‘IPC’).
2. The detailed case facts that are emanated from out of the investigation conducted by the Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission, Vijayawada (hereinafter referred to, as ‘APPSC’) are as follows:
(a) The APPSC issued a Notification for filling up of 169 posts in various Group-I Services vide Notification No.27/2018, dated 31.12.2018 and the selection process comprises preliminary examination, main/written examination and oral test/interview. In total, 1,14,473 candidates applied pursuant to the said Notification and preliminary examination was conducted on 26.05.2019, and 59,200 candidates appeared for the preliminary examination. Results of the preliminary examination were announced on 01.11.2019, wherein 8
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