The court ruled that anticipatory bail can be granted when evidence against an accused relies on confessions from co-accused, which lack direct admissibility.

ELF [N THE HIGH( SCpAeOcTiaUlA OF:rAig?RinFaAlA JvuNrAisDdTicTtRioAn P)RADESH THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY _CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5824/2025_

Between :

MaramreddyAmarnath Reddy, (a10) ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State OfAndhra Pradesh H.RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1.T NAGARJUNA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Coult Made the Following Order:-

The Criminal PetI'tiOn, under Section 482 of the BNSS,I is filed on behalf of the petitioner hereinto grant anticipatory bail in connection with Grim.e No.76 of 2025 of Chilakur Police Station, Tirupathi District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 109(1),189(2) and 191(3) reacl with 190 BNS.

2'. Case of the prosecution, in brief is that on 18.05.2025, the defacto complainant filed a report before the police stating that while Li-

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he was going {o his village by his two-wheeler, after crossing BaIIavolu village near a culvert, he noticed two minor boys from Edalavaripalem village, who complained that a group of persons had taken their traps and bikes and were refusing to return them. When the defacto complainan{ approached the group and requested them to return the traps and bikes, all the accused formed themselves into unlawful assembly, abused him in filthy language and questioned his authority by stating that they were waiting to kill him due to previous disputes and all the accused armed with sticks and rods surrounded the defacto complainant and attacked him indiscriminately and caused bleeding head injury and multiple blunt injuries all over the body.

3. Heard. Perused the record.

4. Learned counsel forthe petitioner submits that basing on the confessional statement of the co-accused, name of the petitioner herein is arrayed as accused at a belated stage. He further submits that the confessional statement is not admissible evidence and the defacto complainant was treated as an outpatient in the hospital and was discharged from the hospital.

5. On the other hand, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. ln view of the facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view of the fact tha,I thelpetitioner herein is arrayed as accused basing on the confessional statement of t'he co-accused, this Court is inclined to consider the request of the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail, however, on conditions.

7. Accordingly, in the event of his arrest in the above said crime, the petitioner shall be released on bail on executing a personal bond i;r a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only), with two sureties each for the like sum to the satisfaction of the arresting police officials and also on condition that the petitioner shall make himself available for investigation as and when required and that he shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses.

The petitioner shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned, once in a week i.e. on every Sunday between 10.00 AM and 1.00 PM, till filing of the charge sheet.

8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed.