ORDER

This Criminal Petition, under Sections 437 and 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘CrPC’), is filed seeking to enlarge the petitioner/A.4 on bail in case information report in F.No.ECIR/HYZO/03/2022 of Directorate of Enforcement, Hyderabad Zonal Office.

2. A case in crime No.29 of 2021of C.I.D. p.s., A.P., Amarvathi, Mangalagiri has been registered for the offences punishable under Sections 166, 167, 418, 420, 465, 468, 471, 409, 201, 109 read with 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘IPC’) and 13 (2) read with 13 (1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. based on a report lodged by the Chairman of Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation, Andhra Pradesh (for short, ‘APSSDC’). The petitioner herein is arrayed as A.20 in the said crime. The aforesaid FIR has been registered against one Ghanta Subba Rao, the then Special Secretary of Government, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department, M/s. Siemens Industry Software India Private Limited (SISW), M/s. Design Tech System Private Limited (DTSPL) and others for allegedly swindling of money invested by the Government in a dubious manner. According to the sa