THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.8674 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to cancel the bail dated 30.06.2025 passed in Crl.P.No.7215 of 2025 by this Court.

2. Heard Sri P. Nageshwar Rao, learned Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the petitioner - State as well as Sri Shaik Mohammed Rizwan Akhtar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent - accused.

3. Learned Public Prosecutor for the petitioner - State submitted that the anticipatory bail earlier granted to the respondent/A-15 was liable to be cancelled, as the material on record clearly showed that the respondent was the main conspirator and abettor in the planned murder of the deceased Kanithi Sathish. He further submitted that the conspiracy was hatched at the BRS office under the leadership of the respondent, and that all accused, including those arrested, had consistently disclosed his role during their confessions, which was further supported by the statements of injured eyewitnesses. He contended that Section 18A(2) of the SC/ST (POA) Amendment Act barred the grant of anticipatory bail, particularly when the respondent knew the caste of the deceased and caste-bas