Andhra Pradesh High Court – Amravati
Ramella Appala Raju vs The State Of Andhra Pradesh on 23 June, 2025
[3396]
lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVA
MONDAY,I THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JUNE
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE
:PRESENT:
THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAP
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5687 OF 2025
Between:
Ramella Appala Raju, S/o Ap`pa Rao, Aged 40 yrs, Occ:Driver, D,No.50-
50-25/5 , B.S. Layout, Seethammadhara, Visakhapatnam.13 i
petitioner/Accused
AND
The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through the S.H.O., of Dwaraka P.S.,
visakhapatgnam Rep., by its`Pub[ic Prosecutor, High Court at
Amaravath i
Respondent/Comp]ainant
Petition under Sections 480 &483 of BNSS (Old Sections 437 & 439 of
Cr.P.C) is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in
support of the criminal Petition', ftheJ High Court may be pleased to Enlarge
the petitioner / Accused on BaiL'l in connection with crime No.69/2025 of
Dwaraka Police Station, Visakhapatnam by AIIowing the Criminal Petition in'`
the interest of the justice.
The petition coming on for'`hetaring, upon perusing the Petition and the
grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments Of Sri R SIVA
SAI SWARUP, Advocate for the Petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for
the Respondent and the Court ma-de the following;
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lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
AT AMARAVATl [3396]
(special Original Jurisdiction)
MONDAY ,THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JUNE
TWO THOUSAND' AND TWENTY FIVE
PRESENT
THE-HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VE`NKATA JYOl-HIRMAI PRATAPA
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5687/2025
Between :
Ramella Appala Raju u.PETITIONER/ACCUSED
.AND
The State Of Andhra Pradesh I.|RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT
counsel for 1:he Petitioner/accused:
1. R SIVA'SAI SWARUP
Counsel for the Respondent/comp[aina'nt:
1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
The Court made the following:
THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5687 of 2025
ORDER:
This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483‘ of the Bharatiya
Nagarik SurakSha Sanhita, 2023,I has been filed -by the petitioner/Accused,
seeking regular bail, in crime No.69 of`2025 of Dvyaraka Police Station.
2, A case has been registered against the petitioner herein for the offence
punishable under section 308(5) of BNS, 2023, Sectio`n 67 of I.T., Act and
section 25 of Arms Act,
3. Case.of the prosecution,.in brief, is thatJ On April. 23, 2025, on.receipt of
credible information, the petitioner was engaged by the de facto complainant
as a driver and entrusted tQ Pick uP and drop his Children at school, and he
was being paid €10,000 per month.I
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Since the de facto complainant was
unhealthy and suffering from epilepsy,, he did not have many friends, so he
used to go out with the petitioner to restaurants and for shopping. As such,
one day the petitioner took him to an unknown place and forcibly made him
remove his pants and took obscene photos of him with a woman. ThereafterJ
since February 2022, the petitioner started blackmailing the de facto
complainant for €1,00,000, and that if he did not pay the demanded amount,
his photos would be made public, and informed him that he WOuld kill the de
facto complainant if he did not pay the amount. Fearing the same, he paid
€1,00,000 to’the petitioner to his bank account on March 22, ‘2022. ln 2024,
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the petitioner demanded him to buy an iphone 16 PIus, and the de facto
complainant bought the same from the store on EMl and gave it to the
petitioner, and he has been paying the EMI. On February 21, 2025, the
petitioner demanded €5,000, and the de facto complainant gave him the said
amount-. The de facto complainant found the peti'{ioner calling his wife and
also blackmailing her. Hence, the crime.
4. Learned Counsel-for the Petitioner would submit that a false case has
been lodged against the petitioner. `The relationship between the defacto
complainant and accused is employer and employee. Learned counsel further
would submit that the petitioner is ready to furnish .two sureties to the
satisfaction of the court. By this time,`mos{ of the investigation has been
completed. The petitioner is in jaiI’ since 16.04I2025. Learned counsel for the
petitioner finally’ prays to allow the petiti-on.
5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that the investigation
is pending fort examination of some more witnesses and for want of’RFSL
report. The data from the ,mobile phone of the accused is to be retrieved.
Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor prays for dismissal of the Petition.
6,I Heard ‘Sri R,Siva Sai SWarup, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms.
K. Priyanka Lakshmi, learned Assistant Public ‘Prosecutor representing the
respondent/s{a{e. perused the material on record,
7. Now the point for determination is whether there are any justifiable
grounds to rel;ase the petitioner on bail.
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8. Considering the, submissions made and.the perusal of the. material on
record, the petitioner has been in judicial custody since 16.04.2025, as crucial
part of the investigation is completed by this time, this Court is inclined {o
grant bail to the petitioner/Accused on the following conditions.
i) The petitioner/Accused shall be released on bail on his execut`ing a
personal bond for Rs.20JOOO/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two
sureties of the like sum each to the sat’,sfaction of the concerned Magistrate
Court.
ii) On release, the petitioner/accused ‘shall appear before the station
House Officer concerned, twice in a week i,e., every sunday and wednesday
between 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, until further orders.
iii) The petitioner/accused herein shall not directly or indirectly contact
or threaten the witnesses under any circumstances and any such attempt
shall be construed as an attempt to influence the witnesses and shall not
tamper evidence. and shall cooperate’with the investigation.
9. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed.
As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous applications, if any, pending in
this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ._ . .._ __ _.._tL_ _
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Fo'r /R.I. sL=CTloN OFFJCER Tol
1. The (Remand Court) First Additional Chief JudI’Cial Magistrate,
Visakhapatnam
2. The Superintendent, central Prl’son, Visakhapatnam
3. The StatI’On House Officer, Dwaraka Police Station, Visakhapatgnam
ap one cc to sRl. R SIVA SAI SWARUP Advocate [opuc]
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HIGH COURT
DR. VJP,J
DATED..23/06/2025
BAIL ORDER
CRLP.No.5687 of 2025
ALLOWED
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