THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6522 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhitha, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking bail to the petitioner/accused No.6 in Crime No.34 of 2025 on the file of the P.S. Urkonda, Nagarkurnool District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 70(1), 351(3) and 310(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’).

2. The case of prosecution in brief is that on 28.03.2025, the victim went to her parental village to celebrate Ugadi. On 29.03.2025, after visiting Anjaneya Swamy Temple with her family and sleeping there, she was escorted by a relative to nearby fields. Around 10:30 pm, accused Nos. 1 to 7, including the petitioner, dragged her into the fields and tied her relative to a tree and committed rape on the victim one after the other and they also robbed the victim, taken away her gold ornaments and threatened to kill her, if she disclose the matter to others. Basing on the same, a crime was registered in Crime No.34 of 2025.

3. Heard Mr.Rapolu Bhaskar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Syed Yasar Mamoon, learned Additional