ORDER:

Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 1theBNSS, seeking to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.24 on bail in Crime No.470 of 2024 of Tirupathi East Police Station, Tirupathi District, for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 274, 275, 316(5), 318(3), 318(4), 61(2) and 299 read with 49 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 2theBNS, Sections 51 and 59 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, 3theFSSAct

2. The facts in brief, as presented by the prosecution, state that M/s AR Dairy Food Private Limited, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, in conspiracy with other accused, had supplied deliberately adulterated and substandard cow ghee to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), thereby violated the conditions of the tender agreement entered with TTD causing wrongful loss and affected the religious sentiments of Hindu devotees of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy, Tirumala. A formal complaint was lodged at East Police Station, Tirupati, on 25.09.2024 at 1:45 PM by the de-facto complainant, P. Murali Krishna, General Manager (Procurement), TTD, Tirupati. As per the complaint, TTD called for tenders on 12.03.2024 for