APHC010635312025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12235/2025 Between:

TIRUVEEDHULA BHAVANI PRASAD, S/O.RAMU,AGE 25 YEARS R/O. D.NO. 1-5/1,NEAR VENKATA DASU GARI TEMPLEMANTENA VILLAGE KANKIPADU MANDAL KRISHNA DISTRICT.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by Public Prosecutor High Court of A.P. At Amaravati. Through S.H.O. Kankipadu Police Station Krishna District.

...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

MARELLA RADHA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant:

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following:

ORDER:

The 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/ Un numbered Accused on bail in Crime No.177 of 2025 of Kankipadu Police Station, Krishna District, registered against the Petitioner/ Un numbered Accused herein for the offences punishable under Sections 332, 333, 311 and 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS Act’).

2. Smt.Marella Radha, the learned Counsel for the Petitioner submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence and is innocent. He has been falsely implicated in this case. He is ready to abide by any condition which this Court deems fit for enlarging him on bail. After thorough investigation, the charge sheet has already been filed. Hence, there is no question of the petitioner tampering with the evidence. No prudent man would keep blood- stained clothes, a blood-stained knife, or other materials allegedly used for the commission of the offence in his possession. All those material objects were falsely planted and cannot be relied upon. Therefore, it is urged that the petitioner be enlarged on bail.

3. Per contra, Mr. Neelotphal Ganji, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, opposed the grant of bail on the ground that the accusation is well-founded and the charge sheet has already been filed. The petitioner, who is the sole accused, is alleged to have brutally murdered an old lady aged about 70 years for the purpose of illegal gain, and it is therefore urged to dismiss the petition.

4. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record.

5. As seen from the record, the de-facto complainant, who is the husband of the deceased, lodged a report stating that his wife, namely Tirumala Swarna Kumari, aged about 70 years, was found brutally murdered by an unknown person and certain gold ornaments were robbed from her possession. The investigation reveals that the accused followed the deceased into the kitchen, suddenly caught her from behind, and tightly gripped her neck with his right arm. The deceased, being an elderly woman, was terrified, collapsed, and fell unconscious. The accused immediately took a mobile phone charger lying behind the television, wrapped the cable twice around the neck of the deceased, and tightened it firmly. Later, the accused went to the extent of further strangulating the deceased with another charger wire found in the hall, suspecting that she might still be alive. The accused, still doubting whether the deceased was alive, took a vegetable knife from the kitchen and inflicted a deep cut injury on her left wrist, causing profuse bleeding. Upon confirming her death, the accused removed the two-row gold chains from her neck and a gold ring from her hand, placing them on the table nearby. The accused attempted to remove the gold bangles but failed due to their tight fit on the hands of the deceased. He also searched the bedroom for other valuables or cash. As the accused heard some noises from outside while searching in the bedroom, he was apprehensive and fled from the scene of offence with the booty.

6. The investigation further reveals that the accus