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| <pre id="pre_1"> THE HON'BLE JUSTICE Dr. V.R.K.KRUPA SAGAR
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| CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.5197, 4896, 5230, 5256, 5367, 5475,
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| 5487, 5503, 5550, 5553, 5585, 5652, 5718, 5724, 5752, 5839,
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| <p data-structure="Issue" id="p_1">Crl.P.No.5197 of 2024
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| This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioner/A32 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.137 of 2023
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| of Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna District, registered
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| for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 435,
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| 506 read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_1">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_2">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the material
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| collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_3">Sections 436</a>, <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_4">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_5">452</a>
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| and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_6">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_7">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_8">3(2)(va)</a> of Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989.
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| </p><span class="hidden_text" id="span_1"> 2</span><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_2">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_3">2. Sri N. Harinadh, learned Counsel for petitioner and
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| Sri Siddarth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel and Sri M.Lakshmi
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| Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai Rohit,
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| learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent-
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| State submitted arguments and cited legal authorities.
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_2">Crl.P.No.4896 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_4">3. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioner/A46 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.137 of 2023
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| of Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna District, registered
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| for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 435,
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| 506 read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_9">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_10">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the material
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| collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_11">Sections 436</a>, <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_12">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_13">452</a>
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| and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_14">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_15">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_16">3(2)(va)</a> of Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Issue" id="p_5">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_6">4. Sri Mukkamalla Rama Swamy, the learned counsel for
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| petitioner and Sri Siddarth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel and Sri
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_3"> 3</span>
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| M.Lakshmi Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai
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| Rohit, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for
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| respondent-State submitted arguments and cited legal
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| authorities.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Issue" id="p_7">
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_4">Crl.P.No.5230 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_8">5. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioners/A35 and A51 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.137
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| of 2023 of Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna District,
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| registered for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147,
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| 148, 435, 506 read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_17">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_18">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the
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| Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
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| Atrocities) Act, 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the
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| material collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_19">Sections 436</a>,
|
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| <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_20">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_21">452</a> and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_22">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_23">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_24">3(2)(va)</a> of
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| Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
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| Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Issue" id="p_9">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_10">6. Sri Kiran Tirumalasetti, learned Counsel for the petitioners
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| and Sri Siddarth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel and Sri
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| M.Lakshmi Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_5"> 4</span>
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| Rohit, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for
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| respondent-State submitted arguments and cited legal
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| authorities.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Issue" id="p_11">
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_6">Crl.P.No.5256 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_12">7. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioner/A43 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.137 of 2023
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| of Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna District, registered
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| for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 435,
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| 506 read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_25">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_26">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the material
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| collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_27">Sections 436</a>, <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_28">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_29">452</a>
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| and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_30">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_31">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_32">3(2)(va)</a> of Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Issue" id="p_13">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_14">8. Sri B.V. Anjaneyulu, learned Counsel for the petitioner and
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| Sri Siddarth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel and Sri M.Lakshmi
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| Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai Rohit, learned
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_7"> 5</span>
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| Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent-State
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| submitted arguments and cited legal authorities.
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_8">Crl.P.No.5367 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_15">9. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioner/A4 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.137 of 2023 of
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| Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna District, registered for
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| the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 435, 506
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| read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_33">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_34">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the Scheduled
|
|
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the material
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| collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_35">Sections 436</a>, <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_36">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_37">452</a>
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| and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_38">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_39">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_40">3(2)(va)</a> of Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Issue" id="p_16">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_17">10. Sri B.V. Anjaneyulu, learned Counsel for the petitioner and
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| Sri Siddarth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel and Sri M.Lakshmi
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| Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai Rohit, learned
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| Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent-State
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| submitted arguments and cited legal authorities.
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_9"> 6</span>
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_10">Crl.P.No.5475 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_18">11. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioner/A64 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.137 of 2023
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| of Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna District, registered
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| for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 435,
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| 506 read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_41">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_42">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the material
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| collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_43">Sections 436</a>, <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_44">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_45">452</a>
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| and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_46">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_47">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_48">3(2)(va)</a> of Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Issue" id="p_19">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_20">12. Sri Karanki Yaswanth, learned Counsel for the petitioner
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| and Sri Siddarth Luthra, the learned Senior Counsel and Sri
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| M.Lakshmi Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai
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| Rohit, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for
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| respondent-State submitted arguments and cited legal
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| authorities.
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| </p><span class="hidden_text" id="span_11"> 7</span><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_21">
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_12">Crl.P.No.5487 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_22">13. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioner/A47 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.137 of 2023
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| of Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna District, registered
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| for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 435,
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| 506 read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_49">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_50">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the material
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| collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_51">Sections 436</a>, <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_52">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_53">452</a>
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| and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_54">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_55">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_56">3(2)(va)</a> of Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Issue" id="p_23">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_24">14. Ms.P.Srilatha Reddy, learned Counsel for the petitioner and
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| Sri Siddarth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel and Sri M.Lakshmi
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| Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai Rohit, learned
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| Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent-State
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| submitted arguments and cited legal authorities.
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_13"> 8</span>
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_14">Crl.P.No.5503 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_25">15. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioners/A19 and A20 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.137
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| of 2023 of Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna District,
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| registered for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147,
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| 148, 435, 506 read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_57">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_58">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the
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| Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
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| Atrocities) Act, 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the
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| material collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_59">Sections 436</a>,
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| <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_60">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_61">452</a> and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_62">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_63">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_64">3(2)(va)</a> of
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| Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
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| Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Issue" id="p_26">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_27">16. Sri P. Nanilu Naidu, learned Counsel for the petitioners and
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| Sri Siddarth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel and Sri M.Lakshmi
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| Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai Rohit, learned
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| Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent-State
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| submitted arguments and cited legal authorities.
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_15"> 9</span>
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_16">Crl.P.No.5550 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_28">17. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioners/A2, A16, A37 and A45 seeking anticipatory bail in
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| Crime No.137 of 2023 of Gannavaram Urban Police Station,
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| Krishna District, registered for the offences punishable under
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| Sections 143, 147, 148, 435, 506 read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_65">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_66">Section
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| 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes
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| (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the
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| strength of the material collected, altered the provision of law into
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| <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_67">Sections 436</a>, <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_68">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_69">452</a> and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_70">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_71">Sections 3(2)(v)</a>
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| and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_72">3(2)(va)</a> of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes
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| (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Issue" id="p_29">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_30">18. Sri D.Purna Chandra Reddy, learned Counsel for the
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| petitioners and Sri Siddarth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel and
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| Sri M.Lakshmi Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai
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| Rohit, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for
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| respondent-State submitted arguments and cited legal
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| authorities.
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| </p><span class="hidden_text" id="span_17"> 10</span><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_31">
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_18">Crl.P.No.5553 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_32">19. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioner/A7 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.137 of 2023 of
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| Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna District, registered for
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| the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 435, 506
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| read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_73">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_74">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the material
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| collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_75">Sections 436</a>, <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_76">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_77">452</a>
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| and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_78">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_79">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_80">3(2)(va)</a> of Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Issue" id="p_33">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_34">20. Sri Peta Gnana Teja, learned Counsel for the petitioner and
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| Sri Siddarth Luthra learned Senior Counsel and Sri M.Lakshmi
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| Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai Rohit, learned
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| Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent-State
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| submitted arguments and cited legal authorities.
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_19"> 11</span>
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_20">Crl.P.No.5585 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_35">21. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioners/A1 and A67 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.137
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| of 2023 of Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna District,
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| registered for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147,
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| 148, 435, 506 read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_81">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_82">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the
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| Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
|
|
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| Atrocities) Act, 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the
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| material collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_83">Sections 436</a>,
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| <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_84">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_85">452</a> and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_86">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_87">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_88">3(2)(va)</a> of
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| Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
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| Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Issue" id="p_36">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_37">22. Sri Sunkara Rajendra Prasad, learned Counsel for the
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| petitioners and Sri Siddarth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel and
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| Sri M.Lakshmi Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai
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| Rohit, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for
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| respondent-State submitted arguments and cited legal
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| authorities.
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| </p><span class="hidden_text" id="span_21"> 12</span><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_38">
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_22">Crl.P.No.5652 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_39">23. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioner/A15 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.137 of 2023
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| of Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna District, registered
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| for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 435,
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| 506 read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_89">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_90">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the material
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| collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_91">Sections 436</a>, <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_92">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_93">452</a>
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| and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_94">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_95">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_96">3(2)(va)</a> of Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Section" id="p_40">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_41">24. Sri Chalasani Venkat, learned Counsel for the petitioner
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| and Sri Siddarth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel and Sri
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| M.Lakshmi Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai
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| Rohit, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for
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| respondent-State submitted arguments and cited legal
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| authorities.
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| </p><span class="hidden_text" id="span_23"> 13</span><p data-structure="Section" id="p_42">
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_24">Crl.P.No.5718 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_43">25. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioners/A8, A22, A36 and A68 seeking anticipatory bail in
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| Crime No.137 of 2023 of Gannavaram Urban Police Station,
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| Krishna District, registered for the offences punishable under
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|
|
| Sections 143, 147, 148, 435, 506 read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_97">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_98">Section
|
|
|
| 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes
|
|
|
| (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the
|
|
|
| strength of the material collected, altered the provision of law into
|
|
|
| <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_99">Sections 436</a>, <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_100">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_101">452</a> and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_102">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_103">Sections 3(2)(v)</a>
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|
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| and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_104">3(2)(va)</a> of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes
|
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| (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Section" id="p_44">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_45">26. Sri P. Nanilu Naidu, learned Counsel for the petitioners and
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| Sri Siddarth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel and Sri M.Lakshmi
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| Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai Rohit, learned
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| Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent-State
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| submitted arguments and cited legal authorities.
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_25"> 14</span>
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_26">Crl.P.No.5724 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_46">27. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioner/A3 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.137 of 2023 of
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|
|
| Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna District, registered for
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|
|
| the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 435, 506
|
|
|
| read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_105">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_106">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the Scheduled
|
|
|
| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
|
|
|
| 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the material
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|
|
| collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_107">Sections 436</a>, <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_108">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_109">452</a>
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| and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_110">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_111">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_112">3(2)(va)</a> of Scheduled
|
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Section" id="p_47">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_48">28. Sri Kiran Tirumalasetti, learned Counsel for the petitioner
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| and Sri Siddarth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel and Sri
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| M.Lakshmi Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai
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|
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| Rohit, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for
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| respondent-State submitted arguments and cited legal
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| authorities.
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| </p><span class="hidden_text" id="span_27"> 15</span><p data-structure="Section" id="p_49">
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_28">Crl.P.No.5752 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_50">29. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioners/A31, A53 and A65 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime
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|
|
| No.137 of 2023 of Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna
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| District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections
|
|
|
| 143, 147, 148, 435, 506 read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_113">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_114">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a>
|
|
|
| of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
|
|
|
| Atrocities) Act, 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the
|
|
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| material collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_115">Sections 436</a>,
|
|
|
| <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_116">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_117">452</a> and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_118">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_119">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_120">3(2)(va)</a> of
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| Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
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| Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Section" id="p_51">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_52">30. Sri Kiran Tirumalasetti, learned Counsel for the petitioners
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| and Sri Siddarth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel and Sri
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| M.Lakshmi Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai
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|
| Rohit, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for
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| respondent-State submitted arguments and cited legal
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| authorities.
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| </p><span class="hidden_text" id="span_29"> 16</span><p data-structure="Section" id="p_53">
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_30">Crl.P.No.5839 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_54">31. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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|
| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioner/A55 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.137 of 2023
|
|
|
| of Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna District, registered
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| for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 435,
|
|
|
| 506 read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_121">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_122">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the Scheduled
|
|
|
| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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|
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| 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the material
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|
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| collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_123">Sections 436</a>, <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_124">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_125">452</a>
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| and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_126">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_127">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_128">3(2)(va)</a> of Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_55">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_56">32. Sri B.V Anjaneyulu, learned Counsel for the petitioner and
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| Sri Siddarth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel and Sri M.Lakshmi
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| Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai Rohit, learned
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| Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent-State
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| submitted arguments and cited legal authorities.
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_31"> 17</span>
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_32">Crl.P.No.5920 of 2024</span>
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|
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_57">33. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioners/A6, A13, A14, A17, A27, A28, A30, A39, A42, A52,
|
|
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| A54, A56, A61 and A69 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.137
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| of 2023 of Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna District,
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|
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| registered for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147,
|
|
|
| 148, 435, 506 read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_129">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_130">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the
|
|
|
| Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
|
|
|
| Atrocities) Act, 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the
|
|
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| material collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_131">Sections 436</a>,
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| <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_132">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_133">452</a> and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_134">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_135">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_136">3(2)(va)</a> of
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| Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
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| Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_58">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_59">34. Ms.V.Devi Satya Sri, learned Counsel for the petitioners
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| and Sri Siddarth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel and Sri
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| M.Lakshmi Narayana, learned Public Prosecutor and Sri A.Sai
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| Rohit, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for
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| respondent-State submitted arguments and cited legal
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| authorities.
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| </p><span class="hidden_text" id="span_33"> 18</span><p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_60">
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_34">Crl.P.No.9083 of 2024</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Issue" id="p_61">35. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya
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| Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has been filed by the
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| petitioner/A75 seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.137 of 2023
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| of Gannavaram Urban Police Station, Krishna District, registered
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| for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 435,
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| 506 read with 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_137">I.P.C</a> and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_138">Section 3(1)(r)(s)</a> of the Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989. Thereafter, the police, on the strength of the material
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| collected, altered the provision of law into <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_139">Sections 436</a>, <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_140">450</a>, <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_141">452</a>
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| and <a href="/doc/1897847/" id="a_142">120B</a> of I.P.C and <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_143">Sections 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/157753615/" id="a_144">3(2)(va)</a> of Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_62">
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_63">36. Sri G.L.Nageswar Rao, learned Counsel for the petitioner
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| and Sri K.Sandeep, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor
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| appearing for respondent No.1-State submitted arguments.
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| </p><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_64">37. In all the above bail petitions, detailed counters were filed
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| by the respondent-State.
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| </p><span class="hidden_text" id="span_35"> 19</span><p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_65">
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| </p><p data-structure="Conclusion" id="p_66">38. All these criminal petitions pertain to Crime No.137 of 2023
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| of Gannavaram Urban Police Station. By these petitions these
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| accused pray for pre-arrest bail. All these petitions were heard
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| together and by this common order they shall be disposed of.
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| The crime incident allegedly occurred on 20.02.2023. Upon a
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| written information dated 22.02.2023 F.I.R.No.137 of 2023 was
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| registered. The scene of offence was Telugu Desam Party office,
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| Gannavaram. Sri Mudunuri Satyavardhan belonging to Madiga
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| caste, which is a scheduled caste, was computer operator
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| working in Telugu Desam Party office and living in the said office.
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| </p><p data-structure="CDiscource" id="p_67">39. During the time when this crime incident allegedly occurred
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| the party in power was YSR Congress Party. Investigation
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| commenced and went on for some time. Thereafter there were
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| general elections and the then opposition party/Telugu Desam
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| Party came into power. Thereafter investigation continued
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| further. The allegations and counter allegations in this case
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| disclosed the rift between both the political parties. Petitioners
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| contend that this is a case falsely alleged against them out of
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| political vendetta. According to State, for political reasons there
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| was inadequate investigation soon after commission of the
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| offence. By the time this crime incident occurred Sri Vallabhaneni
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_36"> 20</span>
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| Vamsi Mohan was Member of Legislative Assembly for
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| Gannavaram Assembly Constituency. He is one of the accused
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| in the present crime.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_68">
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| </p><p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_69">40. The version of the prosecution is that on 18.02.2023 during
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| afternoon hours a press meet was held by Sri Vallabhaneni
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| Vamsi Mohan wherein he allegedly made certain insulting
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| remarks as against Sri N.Chandrababu Naidu, Sri Nara Lokesh
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| and their family members and used indecent language. In
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| response to it, certain leaders of Telugu Desam Party conducted
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| a press meeting on 19.02.2023 in the morning hours and
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| condemned the statements made by the opponent political party
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| people.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_70">
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| </p><p data-structure="CDiscource" id="p_71">41. In the above backdrop of facts, the crime incident allegedly
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| occurred. It is stated that on 20.02.2023 at about 5:00 P.M.
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| Sri Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan went to Telugu Desam Party
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| office and on noticing followers of Telugu Desam Party he caused
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| enquiries about Mr. Pattabhi of Telugu Desam Party and warned
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| them that they would finish Telugu Desam Party and left the
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| place.
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| </p><span class="hidden_text" id="span_37"> 21</span><p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_72">
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| </p><p data-structure="Facts" id="p_73">42. In the next 30 minutes at about 5:30 P.M. about 100
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| persons belonging to YSR Congress Party came to Telugu
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| Desam Party office wielding sticks, stones, petrol bottles and
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| various other arms and while hailing Sri Vallabhaneni Vamsi
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| Mohan they attacked the party office. They threw stones, entered
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| into the party office and destroyed the furniture, broke two
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| computers and two televisions and caused tremendous panic
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| among everyone available there. In the first information report
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| the de facto complainant was able to mention the names of 44
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| accused. It also made a mention about four named accused who
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| came upon him and abused him by his caste name. The further
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| case of the prosecution is that these hooligans caused chaos and
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| some of them using their sticks and cricket playing wickets
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| seriously damaged three cars/AP 39 K 1999, AP 16 DJ 9499 and
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| TS 10 EC 4099. It is also stated that one Mr. Rabbani poured
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| petrol on the car bearing No.AP 16 DA 5555 and lit fire to it. The
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| version of the de facto complainant is that there were police
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| people at the Telugu Desam Party office and they remained mute
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| spectators. During investigation it was found that some of the
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| accused made attempts to burn the party office as walls in one
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| room were found with charred marks.
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| </p><span class="hidden_text" id="span_38"> 22</span><p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_74">
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| </p><p data-structure="CDiscource" id="p_75">43. Investigation has been in progress. Some of the accused
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| were arrested and were remanded to judicial custody. According
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| to prosecution, at least 44 accused were absconding. After
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| gaining contact with about 28 accused they were questioned
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| about their mobile phones and only seven out of them
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| surrendered their mobile phones and 20 of the accused furnished
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| false information with regard to the instruments they used and
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| their mobile numbers.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_76">
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| </p><p data-structure="CDiscource" id="p_77">44. During the investigation, CCTV footage was collected.
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| When the crime incident occurred, various people captured it on
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| their mobile phones and all such material was collected. Based
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| on these investigative efforts, allegations are made against all
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| these petitioners by the prosecution that they are all involved in
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| this crime incident.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_78">
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| </p><p data-structure="PetArg" id="p_79">45. Broadly stated all these petitioners raised the following
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| contentions:
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_80">
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| </p><blockquote id="blockquote_1"> That there was unexplained delay in registration of crime.
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| The incident occurred on 20.02.2023 and F.I.R. was
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| registered on 22.02.2023. That around the same time and
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| place certain incidents occurred which resulted in
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_39"> 23</span>
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| registration of multiple F.I.Rs. and many of which disclosed
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| accusation of criminal acts of followers of Telugu Desam
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| Party as against members of YSR Congress Party
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| members and this case is in a way a counter blast to Crime
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| Nos.132 of 2023 and 133 of 2023.
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| </blockquote>
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| <blockquote id="blockquote_2">
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| F.I.R. does not contain any allegations of overt acts against
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| these petitioners.
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| </blockquote>
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| <blockquote id="blockquote_3">
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| After change in political party in power witnesses were
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| planted and false evidence is created.
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| </blockquote>
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| <blockquote id="blockquote_4">
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| The offences mentioned in the F.I.R. were bailable and
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| many of these petitioners were served with <a href="/doc/445276/" id="a_145">Section 41A</a>
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| Cr.P.C. notice. However, after the change of political
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| Government police have unlawfully brought additional
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| penal provisions to nullify the rightful reliefs available to the
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| petitioners.
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| </blockquote>
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| <blockquote id="blockquote_5">
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| </blockquote><p data-structure="RespArg" id="p_81">46. Plethora of precedent is cited on behalf of the petitioners
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| and on behalf of some of the accused meticulous written
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| arguments are filed leaving one to wonder that this to pronounce
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| a judgment as if it is one after trial.
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| </p><span class="hidden_text" id="span_40"> 24</span><p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_82">
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| </p><p data-structure="Section" id="p_83">47. The following significant aspects are required to be noticed:
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| </p><blockquote id="blockquote_6"> F.I.R.No.137 of 2023 was registered for the offences
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| punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 435 and 506 read with
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| 149 <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_146">I.P.C</a>. and <a href="/doc/78807341/" id="a_147">Section 3(1)(r)</a> and <a href="/doc/75699932/" id="a_148">3(1)(s)</a> of the Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,
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| 1989 (for short, 'the Act, 1989'). Since caste atrocity was one of
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| the offences alleged, on the instructions of Superintendent of
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| Police, Krishna, the Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Gannavaram
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| took up investigation. After recording the statements of about six
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| witnesses, the investigation officer found that the provisions of the
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| Act, 1989 were not applicable. Therefore, he applied to the
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| Superintendent of Police to accord permission to delete those
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| provisions. By proceedings dated 04.07.2023 the Superintendent
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| of Police granted such permission. Investigation went further and
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| scores of witnesses were examined. Thereafter by way of an
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| alteration memo dated 07.08.2024 the investigation agency got
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| added <a href="/doc/111591460/" id="a_149">Section 3(2)(v)</a> and <a href="/doc/70112/" id="a_150">Section 3(2)(va)</a> of the Act, 1989. It
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| also added <a href="/doc/1517318/" id="a_151">Sections 436</a>, <a href="/doc/1982060/" id="a_152">450</a> and <a href="/doc/838469/" id="a_153">452</a> I.P.C. It is also to be
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| noticed that in this case so far there are 71 accused.
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_41"> 25</span>
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|
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|
| </blockquote><p data-structure="Conclusion" id="p_84">48. Since in the present crime incident not only offences under
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| the <a href="/doc/1569253/" id="a_154">Indian Penal Code</a> but also offences under the Act, 1989 are
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| alleged, the forceful argument raised by the State is that
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| anticipatory bail petitions are not maintainable by virtue of
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| <a href="/doc/1297012/" id="a_155">Sections 18</a> and <a href="/doc/1022405/" id="a_156">18A</a> of the Act, 1989. The further argument is
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| that the High Court does not now possess concurrent original
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| jurisdiction for bails as well as anticipatory bails and it has only
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| appellate jurisdiction by virtue of <a href="/doc/1022405/" id="a_157">Section 14A</a> of the Act, 1989 and
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| therefore, these petitions are to be dismissed. In such
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| circumstances, this Court on 13.11.2024 requested the learned
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| counsels on both sides to address arguments in that regard since
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| the jurisdictional bar has arisen.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_85">
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| </p><p data-structure="Section" id="p_86">49. Valiant submissions are made by the learned counsels for
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| petitioners wherein references are made to <a href="/doc/1297012/" id="a_158">Sections 18</a> and <a href="/doc/1022405/" id="a_159">18A</a>
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| of the Act, 1989 and precedent is cited to show that if there is no
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| prima facie case attracting the provisions of the Act, 1989 is
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| made out, anticipatory bail could be considered. It is also argued
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| that this Court in these petitions during hearing granted interim
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| protection and therefore, the same may be made absolute since
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| these petitioners have not violated anything thereafter.
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_42"> 26</span>
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|
| </p><p data-structure="CDiscource" id="p_87">50. The point that falls for consideration is:
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| </p><blockquote id="blockquote_7"> "What is the effect of <a href="/doc/162493942/" id="a_160">Section 14A</a> of the Scheduled
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| Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
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| Atrocities) Act, 1989 on the concurrent original
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| jurisdiction of the High Court in considering bails
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| and anticipatory bails where offences under the Act,
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| 1989 are involved?
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| </blockquote>
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| <blockquote id="blockquote_8">
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| POINT:
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| </blockquote>
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| <blockquote id="blockquote_9">
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| </blockquote><p data-structure="Section" id="p_88">51. Offences under the Act, 1989 can be taken cognizance of
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| and tried and be disposed of by Special Courts and Exclusive
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| Special Courts as provided in <a href="/doc/797736/" id="a_161">Section 14</a> of the Act, 1989. Those
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| Courts since now empowered to take cognizance hold power to
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| take remand of the accused and consider bails. There is no
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| provision in the Act, 1989 adverting to the aspects that are to be
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| considered by those Courts when they entertain bail petitions.
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| Therefore, those Courts draw their powers from the <a href="/doc/445276/" id="a_162">Code of
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| Criminal Procedure</a>. Chapter XXXIII of the <a href="/doc/445276/" id="a_163">Code of Criminal
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| Procedure</a> is headed as provisions as to bail and bonds. It
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| consists of Sections 436 to 450. They refer to bail in cases of
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| bailable offences and bail in cases of non-bailable offences.
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_43"> 27</span>
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| <a href="/doc/1783708/" id="a_164">Section 438</a> Cr.P.C. is given heading direction for grant of bail to
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| person apprehending arrest. To the extent the said provision is
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| required alone is extracted here:
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| </p>
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| <blockquote id="blockquote_10"> "438. Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending
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| arrest:
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| </blockquote>
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| <blockquote id="blockquote_11"> (1) Where any person has reason to believe that he may be
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| arrested on an accusation of having committed a non-
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| </blockquote><p data-structure="Section" id="p_89"> bailable offence, he may apply to the High Court or the
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| Court of Session for a direction under this section that in the
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| event of such arrest he shall be released on bail; and that
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| Court may, after taking into consideration, inter alia, the
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| following factors, namely:-
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| </p>
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| <blockquote id="blockquote_12"> (i) the nature and gravity of the accusation;
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| </blockquote><blockquote id="blockquote_13"> (ii) the antecedents of the applicant including the fact as to
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| whether he has previously undergone imprisonment on
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| conviction by a Court in respect of any cognizable offence;
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|
|
| </blockquote><blockquote id="blockquote_14"> (iii) the possibility of the applicant to flee from justice; and
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| </blockquote><blockquote id="blockquote_15"> (iv) where the accusation has been made with the object of
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| injuring or humiliating the applicant by having him so
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| arrested, either reject the application forthwith or issue an
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| interim order for the grant of anticipatory bail:
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|
| </blockquote><blockquote id="blockquote_16"> Provided that, where the High Court or, as the case may be,
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| the Court of Session, has not passed any interim order
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| under this sub-Section or has rejected the application for
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| grant of anticipatory bail, it shall be open to an officer
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_44"> 28</span>
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| incharge of a police station to arrest, without warrant, the
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| applicant on the basis of the accusation apprehended in
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| such application."
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| </blockquote>
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| <p data-structure="Section" id="p_90">52. Thus, as per the above provision, those accused who
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| anticipate their arrest may seek pre-arrest bail and they could
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| move such applications either before this Court or before the
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| Court of Sessions. It is in the light of such a provision the
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| petitioners have straightaway moved this Court for their prayers
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| for pre-arrest bail.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Conclusion" id="p_91">
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| </p><p data-structure="Section" id="p_92">53. The first submission of the State is that in cases of caste
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| atrocities anticipatory bails cannot be maintained by virtue of
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| <a href="/doc/1297012/" id="a_165">Sections 18</a> and <a href="/doc/1022405/" id="a_166">18A</a> of the Act, 1989. Those provisions read as
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| below:
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Conclusion" id="p_93">
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| </p><blockquote id="blockquote_17"> "18. Section 438 of the Code not to apply to persons
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| committing an offence under the Act.-- Nothing in
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| section 438 of the Code shall apply in relation to any case
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| involving the arrest of any person on an accusation of
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| having committed an offence under this Act.
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|
| 18A. No enquiry or approval required.--(1) For the
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| purposes of this Act,-- (a) preliminary enquiry shall not be
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| required for registration of a First Information Report against
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| any person; or
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_45"> 29</span>
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|
|
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|
|
| </blockquote><blockquote id="blockquote_18"> (b) the investigating officer shall not require approval for the
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| arrest, if necessary, of any person,
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| against whom an accusation of having committed an
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| offence under this Act has been made and no procedure
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| other than that provided under this Act or the Code shall
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| apply.
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| </blockquote>
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| <blockquote id="blockquote_19"> (2) The provisions of section 438 of the Code shall not apply
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| to a case under this Act, notwithstanding any judgment or
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| order or direction of any Court."
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| </blockquote>
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| <p data-structure="Section" id="p_94">54. The crisp response from the learned counsels for the
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| petitioners is that the bar under <a href="/doc/1297012/" id="a_167">Section 18</a> of the Act, 1989 would
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| apply only to those cases where prima facie materials exist
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| pointing towards the commission of an offence under the Act,
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| 1989. If the necessary ingredients to constitute the offence under
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| the Act, 1989 are not disclosed on the prima facie reading of the
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| allegations levelled in the complaint or F.I.R. then in such
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| circumstances, the bar of <a href="/doc/1297012/" id="a_168">Section 18</a> of the Act, 1989 would not
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| apply and the Courts would not be absolutely precluded from
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| granting pre-arrest bail to the accused persons. <span class="citetext" data-sentiment="Pos" data-docid="82084286" id="span_46">In justification of
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| this argument they cited ruling of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of
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| India in <a href="/doc/82084286/" id="a_169">Shajan Skaria v. The State of Kerala1</a>.
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_47">1</span>
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| 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 601</span>
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_48"> 30</span>
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| </p><p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_95">55. If one goes by the contentions of the learned counsel for
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| petitioners this Court is to take a view whether the allegations in
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| the F.I.R./written information of the de facto complainant prima
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| facie disclose caste atrocity or not. However, according to the
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| State, even such a view cannot be taken by this Court by virtue of
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| interdict contained in <a href="/doc/1022405/" id="a_170">Section 14A</a> of the Act, 1989. Therefore, it
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| is required to notice what this provision says. The provision reads
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| as below:
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| <p data-structure="Conclusion" id="p_96">
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| </p><blockquote id="blockquote_20"> "14A. Appeals:--(1) Notwithstanding anything contained
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| in the <a href="/doc/445276/" id="a_171">Code of Criminal Procedure</a>,1973 (2 of 1974), an
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| appeal shall lie, from any judgment, sentence or order, not
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| being an interlocutory order, of a Special Court or an
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| Exclusive Special Court, to the High Court both on facts and
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| on law.
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| </blockquote>
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| <blockquote id="blockquote_21"> (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section
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| (3) of <a href="/doc/487026/" id="a_172">section 378</a> of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
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| 1973 (2 of 1974), an appeal shall lie to the High Court
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| against an order of the Special Court or the Exclusive
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| Special Court granting or refusing bail.
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| (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for
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| the time being in force, every appeal under this section shall
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| be preferred within a period of ninety days from the date of
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| the judgment, sentence or order appealed from: Provided
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| that the High Court may entertain an appeal after the expiry
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| of the said period of ninety days if it is satisfied that the
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_49"> 31</span>
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| appellant had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal
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| within the period of ninety days: Provided further that no
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| appeal shall be entertained after the expiry of the period of
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| one hundred and eighty days.
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| </blockquote>
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| <blockquote id="blockquote_22"> (4) Every appeal preferred under sub-section (1) shall, as far
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| as possible, be disposed of within a period of three months
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| from the date of admission of the appeal."
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| </blockquote><p data-structure="Section" id="p_97">56. As per Sub-Section (2) of <a href="/doc/25085007/" id="a_173">Section 14Aof</a> the Act, the
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| petitions for bail are to be considered by the Special Court and in
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| the event of their granting or refusing to grant such bails the
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| aggrieved can prefer an appeal before this Court. Thus, the
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| concurrent jurisdiction for consideration of anticipatory bails
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| provided in <a href="/doc/1783708/" id="a_174">Section 438</a> Cr.P.C. stood excluded. It is not as
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| though the aggrieved is deprived of all the remedies. After
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| inviting an order on the bail petition from the Special Court the
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| aggrieved is entitled to prefer an appeal before this Court in terms
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| of <a href="/doc/1022405/" id="a_175">Section 14A</a> of the Act, 1989. In the case at hand, the
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| petitioners have moved bail petitions straightaway before this
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| Court. At any rate, what is before this Court is not an appeal
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| against an order passed by the Special Court with reference to
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| bails. It shall be stated that on the same subject matter High
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| Court could not be said to possess concurrent original jurisdiction
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_50"> 32</span>
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| as well as appellate jurisdiction. If one is to state that a bail is
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| different from anticipatory bail the result is that in anticipatory
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| bails this Court holds original jurisdiction and in regular bails it
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| holds only appellate jurisdiction. Assuming that in a case a
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| petition for anticipatory bail being moved before the Special Court
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| resulted in dismissal, then according to the logic applied by the
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| petitioners the petitions would have to move only another bail
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| petition before this Court and not an appeal. Such logic is in
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| violation of what is clearly provided in <a href="/doc/1022405/" id="a_176">Section 14A</a> of the Act,
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| 1989. It is to be seen that the question of bail presupposes
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| detention or custody of the person. In a case where a person is
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| arrested he prays for a regular bail. In cases of anticipatory bail
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| in the event of granting the relief, it has no effect unless and until
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| the accused is arrested. In other words, the order of anticipatory
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| bail comes into effect only after a person is arrested and not
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| otherwise. In contrast to regular bail, in cases of anticipatory bail
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| the order is obtained in advance. In regular bails it was obtained
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| after arrest. The timing at which a prayer is made, and an order
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| is granted, have no relevance when it comes to operation of
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| those orders as in both the cases they come into operation only in
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| those cases where a person is arrested. In such view of the
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_51"> 33</span>
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| matter the word bail used in <a href="/doc/1022405/" id="a_177">Section 14A</a> of the Act, 1989
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| encompasses regular bail as well as anticipatory bail. Therefore,
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| it must be stated that an application for bail or anticipatory bail
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| can be filed only before the Special Court or the Exclusive
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| Special Court as the case may be and not before the High Court.
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| An order granting or refusing bail or anticipatory bail by the
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| Special Court or Exclusive Special Court can be assailed before
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| this Court invoking its appellate jurisdiction provided in <a href="/doc/1022405/" id="a_178">Section
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| 14A</a> of the Act, 1989. This Court had deliberated these aspects
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| on earlier occasions when similar questions were raised and it
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| reached to the same conclusions and reference can be made to
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| the following:
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Conclusion" id="p_98">
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| </p><blockquote id="blockquote_23"> <span class="citetext" data-sentiment="Pos" data-docid="90393033" id="span_52">1. <a href="/doc/90393033/" id="a_179">Nakka Nagireddy v. State of A.P.2</a></span>
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| </blockquote><blockquote id="blockquote_24"> <span class="citetext" data-sentiment="Pos" data-docid="120889714" id="span_53">2. <a href="/doc/120889714/" id="a_180">Deepak Kumar Tala v. The State of Andhra Pradesh3</a>.</span>
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| </blockquote><p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_99">57. Similar conclusions were reached at by other High Courts.
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| Reference can be made to the following:
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Conclusion" id="p_100">
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| </p><blockquote id="blockquote_25"> <span class="citetext" data-sentiment="Pos" data-docid="11307763" id="span_54">1. <a href="/doc/11307763/" id="a_181">K.M.Basheer v. Rajani K.T.4</a>
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_55">2</span>
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| 2024 SCC OnLine AP 5322 Order dated 11.11.2024
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_56">3</span>
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| Order dated 22.10.2024 in Criminal Petition No.6487 of 2024
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_57">4</span>
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| 2022 LiveLaw(Ker) 472</span>
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_58"> 34</span>
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| </blockquote><blockquote id="blockquote_26"> <span class="citetext" data-sentiment="Pos" data-docid="78372211" id="span_59">2. <a href="/doc/78372211/" id="a_182">Lokesh v. State of Karnataka5</a></span>
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|
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|
| </blockquote><blockquote id="blockquote_27"> 3. <span class="citetext" data-sentiment="Pos" data-docid="149668085" id="span_60">In re <a href="/doc/149668085/" id="a_183">Provision of <a href="/doc/162493942/" id="a_184">Section 14A</a> of SC/ST (Prevention of
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|
|
| Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015 v. Nil6</a></span>
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|
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|
|
| </blockquote><blockquote id="blockquote_28"> <span class="citetext" data-sentiment="Pos" data-docid="24699463" id="span_61">4. <a href="/doc/24699463/" id="a_185">Atul Rajput v. The State of Madhya Pradesh7</a></span>
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|
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|
| </blockquote><p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_101"><span class="citetext" data-sentiment="Pos" data-docid="159510096" id="span_62">58. At the bar, for petitioners, <a href="/doc/159510096/" id="a_186">Abhishek Awasthi v. State of
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|
|
| U.P.8</a> is cited. That is a case where other subsections of <a href="/doc/1022405/" id="a_187">Section
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| 14A</a> of the Act, 1989 fell for consideration and the powers of the
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| High Court were considered under <a href="/doc/1679850/" id="a_188">Section 482</a> of Code of
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| Criminal Procedure for quashing the criminal proceedings.
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| Finally, it was held that with a view to prevent the misuse or
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| abuse of the Court or law, the High Court holds inherent
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| jurisdiction to pass appropriate orders under <a href="/doc/1679850/" id="a_189">Section 482</a> Cr.P.C.
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| Such question is not available before this Court. Even otherwise
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| a brief reference to what was stated by their Lordships in Shajan
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|
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| Skaria's case9 would be sufficient here. At paragraph No.49 their
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| Lordships stated that if the accused puts forward the case of
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|
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| malicious prosecution on account of political or private vendetta
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|
|
| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_63">5</span>
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| 2021 SCC OnLine Kar 15742
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_64">6</span>
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| 2018 SCC OnLine ALL 2087
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_65">7</span>
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| Order dated 10.04.2024 in Crl.A.No.3261 of 2024 of the High Court of
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| Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_66">8</span>
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| MANU/UP/4595/2024
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_67"> 35</span>
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| such aspects can be considered only by the High Court in
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| exercise of its inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code or
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| in exercise of its extraordinary jurisdiction under <a href="/doc/1712542/" id="a_190">Article 226</a> of the
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|
|
| Constitution of India. However, powers under <a href="/doc/1783708/" id="a_191">Section 438</a> of the
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|
|
| Code of Criminal Procedure cannot be exercised once the
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| contents of the complaint/F.I.R. disclose a prima facie case. In
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|
| fact<a href="/doc/159510096/" id="a_192">, <a href="/doc/159510096/" id="a_193">in that case</a></a> <a href="/doc/1022405/" id="a_194">Section 14A</a> of the Act, 1989 did not come up for
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| consideration since the anticipatory bail petition was first moved
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| before the trial Court and as against those orders appeal was
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| preferred before the High Court.</span>
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Conclusion" id="p_102">
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| </p><p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_103">59. The plethora of precedent cited before this Court is not with
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| reference to <a href="/doc/1022405/" id="a_195">Section 14A</a> of the Act, 1989 and therefore any
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| reference to those cherished principles of those rulings is not
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| required. This Court refrains from delving into other facts and the
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| principles of law governing anticipatory bails since any such
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| discussion may unnecessarily prejudice the contentions of both
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| sides when appropriate applications are filed before appropriate
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| Courts for the reliefs or when the maters come up before this
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|
|
| Court in appeal.
|
| </p>
|
| <p data-structure="Conclusion" id="p_104"><span class="hidden_text" id="span_68">9</span>
|
| Supra 1
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_69"> 36</span>
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|
|
| </p><p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_105"><span class="citetext" data-sentiment="PARTY" data-docid="86018542" id="span_70"><span class="citetext" data-sentiment="PARTY" data-docid="129228461" id="span_71">60. Learned counsel for petitioners in Criminal Petition No.5920
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|
|
| of 2024 argued that this very Bench on earlier occasions
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| considered and granted anticipatory bail and therefore, the same
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| benefit can be extended to the present petitioners. The attention
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| of this Court is brought to <a href="/doc/129228461/" id="a_196">Sri Settipalli Raghurami Reddy v.
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|
|
| The State of Andhra Pradesh10</a> and <a href="/doc/86018542/" id="a_197">Julakanti Brahma Reddy
|
|
|
| @ Brahma Nanda Reddy v. The State of Andhra Pradesh</a> 11. In
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|
| both those matters the question about <a href="/doc/1022405/" id="a_198">Section 14A</a> of the Act,
|
|
|
| 1989 was never raised by either side and therefore, there was no
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|
|
| occasion for this Court to express itself on that aspect of the
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| matter. After those orders it was in October and November 2024
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| only this Court had occasion to consider <a href="/doc/1022405/" id="a_199">Section 14A</a> of the Act,
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| 1989 and accordingly decided the earlier referred Nakka
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| Nagireddy's case12 and Deepak Kumar Tala's case13.
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| Therefore, there is no merit in the submissions of the learned
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|
|
| counsel for the petitioners.</span></span>
|
| </p>
|
| <p data-structure="Conclusion" id="p_106">
|
| </p><p data-structure="Precedent" id="p_107"><span class="citetext" data-sentiment="Neg" data-docid="168080426" id="span_72">61. Learned counsel for the petitioners in Criminal Petition
|
|
|
| No.5920 of 2024 further argued that the investigating agency is
|
|
|
| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_73">10</span>
|
| Order dated 23.07.2024 in Criminal Petition No.3807 of 2024
|
| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_74">11</span>
|
| Order dated 13.08.2024 in Criminal Petition No.10005 of 2023
|
| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_75">12</span>
|
| supra 2
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_76">13</span>
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| supra 3
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_77"> 37</span>
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| not entitled to add new penal provisions and cited <a href="/doc/168080426/" id="a_200">State of
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| Gujarat v. Girish Radhakrishnan Varde14</a>. That was a case
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| where on written information police registered a crime and
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| investigating into it and filed charge sheet specifying certain penal
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| provisions. At that stage the informant filed a petition to add
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| <a href="/doc/695990/" id="a_201">Sections 364</a>, <a href="/doc/764237/" id="a_202">394</a> and <a href="/doc/835557/" id="a_203">398</a> I.P.C. The question arose about the
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| powers of the Magistrate at that stage as to whether he can
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| incorporate those penal provisions as requested by the informant
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| in a charge sheet filed by the police. Their Lordships stated that
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| allowing incorporation of new provisions into the charge sheet as
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| requested by the written informant at that stage is impermissible.
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| However, the Court which is to try the case has to consider the
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| first information report and all the other material collected and
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| take a decision to frame appropriate charges under all the
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| relevant penal provisions. Thus, the cited ruling has no relevance
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| to the present case at hand. In the case at hand, the
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| investigating police, exercising their right of investigation, have
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| found it appropriate that the material on record do attract various
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| provisions which were not originally mentioned in the F.I.R. Such
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| power cannot be questioned. Informant would only put forth the
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_78">14</span>
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| AIR 2014 SC 620
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_79"> 38</span>
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| facts before the registering officer and the Station House Officer
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| on receiving such information using his own diligence
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| incorporates the relevant penal provisions in the F.I.R. During
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| investigation certain facts may be found incorrect and certain new
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| facts may have been discovered and certain new accused may
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| have been found having connection with the crime. There can be
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| no legal hurdle in that regard since investigation is a voyage of
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| truth. Therefore, the argument of the learned counsels for
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| petitioners that provisions under the Act, 1989 were brought into
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| effect during investigation and therefore have to be discarded is
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| an argument that cannot be sustained. It may be recorded here
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| that even to begin with in the case at hand the F.I.R. mentioned
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| certain penal provisions of the Act, 1989. At the present also
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| certain penal provisions of the Act, 1989 are alleged by the
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| prosecution. Simply because at one stage such penal provisions
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| were dropped does not mean that at a later stage they cannot be
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| brought in. The argument that the new addition was not granted
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| by the Superintendent of Police cannot be countenanced since
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| the method of investigation is sole prerogative of the investigation
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| officer. For the above reasons, the point is answered against the
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| petitioners.</span>
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| </p><span class="hidden_text" id="span_80"> 39</span><p data-structure="Conclusion" id="p_108">
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| </p><p data-structure="Conclusion" id="p_109">62. In the result, all these Criminal Petitions are dismissed. It is
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| made clear that the petitioners are at liberty to move appropriate
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| petitions for appropriate reliefs before the appropriate Court. In
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| the event such petitions are filed, the Court where they are filed is
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| to consider the petitions on judicial side and dispose of them in
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| accordance with law. Any observations made herein are confined
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| to these petitions and they have no bearing on the merits or
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| demerits of the case on either side.
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| </p>
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| <p data-structure="Conclusion" id="p_110"> ________________________
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| Dr. V.R.K.KRUPA SAGAR, J
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| Date: 06.01.2025
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| Ivd
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| <span class="hidden_text" id="span_81"> 40</span>
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| THE HON'BLE JUSTICE Dr. V.R.K.KRUPA SAGAR
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| CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.5197, 4896, 5230, 5256, 5367, 5475,
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| 5487, 5503, 5550, 5553, 5585, 5652, 5718, 5724, 5752, 5839,
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| 5920 and 9083 of 2024
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| Date: 06.01.2025
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