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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

ATAMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

WEDNESDAY,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO

CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12850/2025

Between:

1.BEDAVADI NAGARAJU ALIAS MAREPPA NAGARAJU, S/O

MAREPPA,R/O GARIGAVATHI, KOTRESWARI CAMP,KOPPAL

DISTRICT, KARNATAKASTATE

2.DODDAGALIJAR KISHORE KUMAR, S/O RAVAPPA,R/O

GANGAVATHI, KOTRESWARI CAMP KOPPAL DISTRICT,

KARNATAKASTATE

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S)

AND

1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Public

Prosecutor,Chirala Rural Police Station,High Court ofAndhra Pradesh.

...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT

Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S):

1.ARUN SHOWRI G

Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The Court made the following:

ORDER

Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to

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enlarge the Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 & 4 on bail in Crime.No.166 of 2025 of

Chirala Rural Police Station, Bapatla District, registered against the

Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 & 4 herein for the offences punishable under

Sections 318(2), 308(7) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 20231.

2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant

Public Prosecutor.

3. Sri G.Arun Showri, learned Counsel for the Petitioners submits that the

Petitioners are innocent, they have not committed any offence, they were

falsely implicated in this case. They are the sole breadwinners of their families;

they have got fixed abode. If some conditions are imposed, which this Court

deem it fit, the Petitioners would abide by those conditions while enlarging

them on bail and it is urged to allow the Criminal Petition.

4. Per contra, Mr. Neelotphal Ganji, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor

vehemently opposed the grant of bail, submitting that the Petitioners are

involved in grave offences of cheating and extortion, wherein the complainant

was lured under false pretences of selling gold, assaulted, threatened with a

knife, and deprived of Rs.14,00,000/ and mobile phones. It is argued that the

deliberate modus operandi adopte‑d by the Petitioners, along with other

accused, shows a premeditated design to defraud.

5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor further contends that the

investigation is complete, and the charge sheet has been filed in C.C.No.749

of 2025, crystallizing the allegations. In view of the seriousness of the offences,

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the risk of tampering with witnesses or absconding, the Public Prosecutor

requests for dismissal of the present bail application.

6. Having given thoughtful consideration to the facts and circumstances of

the case and upon a scrupulous evaluation of the material placed on record,

this Court is of the considered view that the Petitioners are not entitled for

grant of bail. The allegations disclose a prima facie case of grave and heinous

offences involving criminal conspiracy, cheating, extortion, and intimidation

with deadly weapon, wherein the de-facto complainant and his brother were

allegedly enticed under false pretences, subjected to assault, threatened with

dire consequences, and dispossessed of a substantial sum of Rs.14,00,000/-

together with mobile phones. The gravity of the accusations, coupled with the

modus operandi adopted by the Petitioners in concert with other accused

persons, manifestly indicates a premeditated design to defraud and extort. It is

further pertinent to note that the investigation has culminated in the filing of

charge sheet in C.C.No.749 of 2025, thereby crystallizing the allegations into

prosecutable material, and that the Petitioners stand remanded to judicial

custody. The plea of innocence and false implication, being matters of defence,

cannot be adjudicated at this stage. The contention that prolonged detention

infringes fundamental rights is devoid of merit in view of the seriousness of the