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Andhra Pradesh High Court – Amravati
Mekala Krishna Reddy vs The State Of Andhra Pradesh on 17 July, 2025
APHC010332162025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
AT AMARAVATI [3521]
(Special Original Jurisdiction)
THURSDAY,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JULY
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6868/2025
Between:
1. MEKALA KRISHNA REDDY, S/O CHINNA VENKATESWARLU, AGED
31 YEARS, R/O KOMMAVARAM (V), MUNDLAMURU (M),
PRAKASAM DISTRICT.
2. NALAMOLU MOHAN (A13), S/O KONDALU, AGED 28 YEARS, R/O
VEERAYAPALEM (V), DARSI (M), PRAKASAM DISTRICT.
3. MANNAM SRIDHAR BABU (A 14), S/O SUBBA RAO, AGED 48
YEARS, R/O MRO OFFICE ROAD, CHIMAKURTHY MANDAL,
PODILI TOWN, PRAKASAM DISTRICT.
4. BORIGORLA GOPI (A 15), S/O BALAIAH, AGED 20 YEARS,
VAGUMADUGU (V), K.K. MITLA (M), PRAKASAM DISTRICT.
5. GURRAM BALAKRISHNA (A 16), SUNKESULA (V), PEDDARAVEEDU
(M), PRAKASAM DISTRICT.
...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S)
AND
1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH THE STATION
HOUSE OFFIEER, PODILI POLICE STATION, REP. BY PUBLIC
PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, AT
AMARAVATHI
2. MANNAM SRIDHAR BABU A 14, S/O SUBBA RAO, AGED 48 YEARS,
R/O MRO OFFICE ROAD, CHIMAKURTHY MANDAL, PODILI TOWN,
PRAKASAM DISTRICT.
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...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S):
Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S):
INAKOLLU VENKATESWARLU
Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S):
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
The Court made the following:
ORDER:
The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 437 and 439
of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C.’)/
Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
(for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to enlarge the petitioners/Accused
Nos.12 to 16 on bail in Cr.No.51 of 2025 of Podili Police Station,
Prakasam District, registered against the petitioners/Accused Nos.12 to
16 herein for the offences punishable under Sections 189 (2), 191 (2),
132, 121 (1) and 109 (1) read with 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,
2023 (for brevity ‘the BNS’).
2. The material averments stemming from the case of prosecution
are that on 11.06.2025 at about 11:50 hours, the de-facto complainant,
along with other TDP supporters including women, organized a peaceful
protest by standing on the roadside at Besthapalem Road, near Harihara
Digital Studio, as the former Chief Minister of the State was scheduled to
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pass on that way en route to the Tobacco Board, Podili, to interact with
the tobacco farmers. At about 11:50 hours, while the peaceful protest
was underway and the former Chief Minister’s convoy was passing, the
accused Nos. 1 to 6, accused Nos. 8 to 11, and some others formed an
unlawful assembly and aggressively approached the de-facto
complainant and his group, abused, intimidated, and threatened the
complainant and his fellow TDP supporters, and threw chappals and
water bottles towards them with an intention to disrupt the protest and
instigate violence, even in the presence of police personnel. The
accused escalated the situation by pelting stones at the protestors and
also at the police, with an intention to kill by causing bodily harm and
creating disarray. As a result of the stone pelting, the brother of the de-
facto complainant and one police constable sustained bleeding injuries.
3. Sri Inakollu Venkateswarlu, the learned counsel for the petitioners,
submits that the petitioners have not committed any offence; they are
falsely implicated in this case; they are sole breadwinners of their family;
they are ready to abide any conditions to be imposed by this Court; and
urged to enlarge the petitioners/accused Nos.12 to 16 on bail.
4. Per contra, Mr. Neelotphal Ganji, the learned Assistant Public
Prosecutor, submits that the investigation is not completed; if the
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petitioners were granted bail, they will repeat the same offence, and
urged to dismiss the bail petition.
5. Perused the record.
6. As seen from the record, the petitioners/Accused Nos. 12 to 16
have been in judicial custody for the past 33 days. They were arrested
on 14.06.2025. As per the case of prosecution, 17 witnesses have been
examined so far. There are no specific allegations levelled against the
petitioners herein. The alleged role of the petitioners was identified by
video footage. The core of the allegation is that the petitioners indulged
in pelting stones against the protestors. The learned VI Additional
District and Sessions Judge, Markapur, on 09.07.2025, in
Crl.M.P.No.513 of 2025 in Cr.No.51 of 2025 of Podili Police Station,
enlarged the petitioners therein, who were arrayed as Accused Nos. 18
and 19, on bail with certain conditions. The present petitioners/Accused
Nos. 12 to 16 are also on the same footing, as they allegedly indulged in
pelting stones on the brother of de-facto complainant and police
constable.
7. In view of the nature of the allegations levelled against the
petitioners, the role allegedly played by them, the period of detention
they have undergone in the judicial custody, the progress of the
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investigation, and the fact that Accused Nos. 18 and 19 were enlarged
on bail, this Court deems it fit to enlarge the petitioners/Accused Nos.12
to 16 on bail with some stringent conditions.
8. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following
conditions:
i. The petitioners/Accused Nos.12 to 16 shall be enlarged
on bail subject to them executing a personal bond for a sum
of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), each with two
sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the
learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class Court, Podili,
Prakasam District.
ii. The petitioners/Accused Nos.12 to 16 shall appear
before the Station House Officer, Podili, Prakasam District,
on every Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till
the conclusion of the Trial.
iii. The petitioners/Accused Nos.12 to 16 shall not leave
the limits of the District without prior permission from the
learned Trial Judge.
iv. The petitioners/Accused Nos.12 to 16 shall not commit
or indulge in similar offences in future.
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Dated 17.07.2025v. The petitioners/Accused Nos.12 to 16 shall cooperate
with the investigating officer in further investigation of the
case and shall be available to the investigating officer as
and when called by him.
_________________________
DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J
Date: 17.07.2025
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Dated 17.07.2025THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION No.6868 of 2025
Date: 17.07.2025
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