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2025:APHC:56706

APHC010676412025

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

AT AMARAVATI [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: 12931/2025

Between:

KODIGUDLA RAJ KUMAR, S/O. MAHESH, AGED 40 YEARS,OCC

AGRICULTURE, R/O.NIMMALAVALASA VILLAGE,CHEEPURUPALLI

MANDAL, VIJAYANAGARAM DISTRICT.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED

AND

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

Court of Andhra Pradesh.

...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT

Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

AISHWARYA NAGULA

Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

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Dated 24.12.2025

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

enlarge the Petitioner/Accused on bail in Crime No.102 of 2025 of

Cheepurupalli Police Station, Vizianagaram District, registered against the

Petitioner/Accused herein for the offences punishable under Sections 329(3),

118(1) and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the

BNS’).

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is

innocent. He is the sole breadwinner of the family. He was falsely implicated in

this case. He is a law-abiding citizen. He has got fixed abode. He would abide

by any condition which this Court deems fit to enlarge the petitioner on bail,

and it is urged to allow the petition.

3. Per contra, Ms. P. Akhila Naidu, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor,

submits that the investigation is pending and the wound certificate has not yet

been received. Some more material witnesses are to be examined. The

petitioner is a rowdy sheeter. He has five cases registered under the

provisions of the India‑n Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity, ‘the IPC’) and ‘the

BNS’, and it is urged to dismiss the petition.

4. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant

Public Prosecutor. Perused the record.

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5. On perusal of the record, it was rightly pointed out by the learned

counsel for the petitioner that the alleged offence took place on 20.11.2025 at

08.00 AM, whereas the complaint was lodged by the de facto complainant on

23.11.2025 at 11.00 AM. It is alleged by the de facto ‑complainant that the

petitioner fisted him in his face and neck with forc‑e. He also beat him on his

stomach with a crowbar, causing severe pain, and further strangulated him

with both hands. The nature of the injuries suffered by the de facto

complainant is not yet known. The petitioner is a rowdy sheeter. There ar‑e five

cases pending against the petitioner. However, the le‑arned counsel for the

petitioner submits that the above five cases were closed, but no documents

have been filed by the learned counsel for the petitioner to show that those

cases were closed. The Investigating Officer has not yet received wound

certificate of the victim. Based on the allegations levelled by the victim,

Section 109 of ‘the BNS’ has been added to the case.

6. In view of the pendency of the investigation, this Court is not inclined to

enlarge the petitioner on bail.

7. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed.

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DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J

Date: 24.12.2025

PRA