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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

AT AMARAVATI [3521]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY,THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF DECEMBER

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO

CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12560/2025

Between:

Pottepogu Swaroop Kumar ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED

AND

The State Of Andhra Pradesh and ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S)

Others

Counsel for the Petitioner/accused:

1. J U M V PRASAD

Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S):

1. BOPPUDI ALEKHYA

2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

3. LEGAL AID

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/Accused No.1 on bail in Crime No.225 of 2025 of

Piduguralla Police Station, Palnadu District, registered against the

Petitioner/Accused No.1 herein for the offences punishable under Sections

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109(1) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘the

BNS’).

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Assistant

Public Prosecutor and the learned Legal-Aid counsel for respondent No.2.

Perused the record.

3. Ms.B.Alekhya, learned Legal-Aid counsel for respondent No.2 and

Mr.Neelothpal Ganji, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that the

petitioner and other accused are violently attacked the victim/defacto

complainant. However, the victim suffered simple injuries and after treatment,

he was discharged from the hospital on the same day.

4. The petitioner was arrested on 06.11.2025. He has been in judicial

custody for the past 53 days. There are no similar criminal adverse

antecedents against the petitioner. The petitioner is resident of Janapadu

Village, Piduguralla Mandal, Palnadu District. He has got fixed abode. So far

11 witnesses are examined. Substantial portion of the investigation in so far

the involvement of the petitioner concerned is completed. There are three eye-

witnesses to the alleged incident. He has got fixed abode. Even if conditions

are imposed, there is no likelihood of his absconding or evading the process

of law.

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5. Considering the gravity and nature of the allegations, as well as the

facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the

Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail.

6. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following stringent

conditions:

i. The Petitioner/ Accused No.1 shall be enlarged on bail

subject to he executing a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees

ten thousand only), with two sureties for the like sum each to the

satisfaction of the learned Chairman Juvenile Justice Board-cum-

IV Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), Guntur.

ii. The Petitioner/ Accused No.1 shall appear before the

Station House Officer concerned, on every Saturday in between

10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till cognizance is taken by the learned

the Trial Court.

iii. The Petitioner/ Accused No.1 shall not leave the limits of the

State of Andhra Pradesh without prior permission from the

Station House Officer concerned.

iv. The Petitioner/ Accused No.1 shall not commit or indulge

in commission of any offence in future.

v. The Petitioner/ Accused No.1 shall cooperate with the

investigating officer in further investigation of the case and shall

make himself available for interrogation by the investigating

officer as and when required.

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vi. The Petitioner/ Accused No.1 shall not, directly or

indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person

acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her

from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer.

vii. The Petitioner/ Accused No.1 shall surrender his passport,

if any, to the investigating officer. If he claim that he does not

have a passport, he shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the

Investigating Officer.

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DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J

Date: 29.12.2025

S D P

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