Crl.M.P.No.66/2025 in Crime No.45/2025 XI ADJ, TPG, WG
Dt.13.05.2025
IN THE COURT OF IX ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE
KOVVUR, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT.
Present:: SRI SHAIK SIKINDER BASHA, XI Additional District and Sessions Judge, Tadepalligudem. FAC/IX Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Kovvur.
Tuesday, the 13th day of May, 2025.
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of Chagallu Police Station. Between:-
1. Dupati Srinivas @ Srinu, Slo. Masthan (late), aged 54 years, D.No.1-193, Unagatla village, Chagallu Mandal, East Godavari District.
2. Dupati Rama Satyanarayana @ Pandu, S/o. Srinivas @ Srinu, aged 31 years, D.No.1-193, Unagatla Village, Chagallu mandal, East Godavarari District. …Petitioners/Accused1&2
And
The State: Station House Officer, Chagallu Police Station, Represented by its
Additional Public Prosecutor.
…Respondent/Complainant.
This petition has come up before me on 12.05.2025 for final hearing in the presence of Sri S.Kasi Visweswara Rao,Advocate for Petitioners/accused 1 and 2, and of Additional Public Prosecutor representing the Respondent/Com-plainant and upon hearing their arguments, this Court made the following:
O R D E R
The Petitioners/accused 1 and 2 in Crime No.45/2025 of Chagallu
Police Station for the offence U/s. 105[1] r/w 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
2023, filed this 2nd Bail Petition under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik
Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with the following averments.
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2. That, the petitioners have not committed any offence. The contents of the report are false and cooked up story. The police have arrested them on 10.04.2025 and since then they are in judicial remand. The allegations leveled against the accused do not attract the alleged offences. At best the allegations may attract the offence under section 106 of BNS for causing death by negligence, but not under section 105 of BNS culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The petitioners are having fixed abode and ready to comply the conditions imposed by the court for grant of bail. The petitioners are running their caste profession by running saloon in the village and they are not influenced persons. As such there is no question of interference with the investigation and tampering of evidence. The earlier bail petition was dismiss on 24.04.2025 and no bail petition is pending before any other court.
3. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioners/Accused 1 and 2 and learned
Additional Public Prosecutor for prosecution. Perused the copy of F.I.R., C.D.
File and other material on record.
4. Now, the Point for determination is:
"Whether the petitioners/Accused 1 and 2 are entitled to be released on bail as prayed for?"
5. The learned Counsel for the Petitioners/Accused 1 and 2 submits that as per the contents of FIR, on 29.03.2025 the 1 accused called the husband of the defacto complainant to the temple, the husband of the defacto complainant went there, the accused 1 and 2 altercated with him and beat him with hands and pushed him back, as a result he sustained injuries. Then he was shifted to Government general hospital, Rajahmundry. From there he was shifted to Government hospital, Kakindada. While undergoing treatment the injured died on 03.04.2025. Thereafter, the section of law has been altered from 118(1), 115(2) r/w 3(5) of B.N.S to Sec.105 r/w 3(5) of B.N.S. the petitioners are innocent and having no intention to kill the deceased. At best 2
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Dt.13.05.2025 the offence of 106 B.N.S is attracted the material part of the investigation is completed. Hence, petition may be allowed.
6. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that due to previous disputes, the accused 1 and 2 altercated with the deceased, beat him and pushed him to back, due to which the deceased received head injury He was shifted to hospital while undergoing treatment, after 5 days he died The prosecution examined 12 witnesses, postmortem report is awaited for filing charge sheet.
Point:
7. As per the contents of FIR and part-1 of CD, there are some disputes regarding business which was settled between the accused persons and the deceased While so, on 29.03.2025 at 9.30 PM. the 1 accused called the deceased to come to the temple for discussion, when the deceased went to the temple, an altercation took place in which the accused 1 and 2 beat the deceased and pushed him to ground, as a result, the deceased sustained severe injury to his head. He was shifted to Government hospital,
Rajahmundry from there to Kakinada, while undergoing treatment, after 5 days, he died on 03.04.2025. Initially the police have registered crime
No.45/2025 for the offence under section 118(1), 115(2) r/w 3(5) of B.N.S., thereafter on the death of the deceased, section of law has been altered to
Sec.105 r/w 3(5) of B.N.S. culpable homicide not amounting to murder. As per the prosecution, 12 witnesses have already been examined and material part of the investigation is completed and they are awaiting Postmortem report for filing charge sheet. In these circumstances, this court do not find any reason to keep the accused in judicial custody for longer periods and there is no apprehension of tampering of evidence or accused jump over the bail and they are ready to furnish solvent sureties for their release on bail, hence, this court feels it proper to allow the petition on terms. The Point is answered accordingly.
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8. IN THE RESULT, the petition is allowed and the Petitioners/Accused 1 and 2 are ordered to be released on bail on the following conditions:
a) The Petitioners/Accused 1 and 2 shall execute bond for an amount of Rs.10.000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each with two sureties each for the like sum to the satisfaction of the Civil Judge (Junior Division) cum Judicial
Magistrate of I Class, Nidadavole;
b) The Petitioners/Accused 1 and 2 shall not meet the witnesses and shall not make any attempt to contact the witnesses and shall not try to influence them with respect to the case and shall abide by the conditions under section 480(3) BNSS;
c) The Petitioners/Accused 1 and 2 shall not leave the jurisdiction of the Court without obtaining prior permission from this Court; and
d) On failure to comply with any of the above conditions, the Prosecution is at liberty to move application before this court for cancellation of bail granted to the Petitioners/Accused 1 and 2.
Dictated to the Stenographer Grade-I, transcribed by her, corrected,
signed and pronounced by me in open Court, this the 13th day of May, 2025.
Sd/- Sk.Sikinder Basha,
XI ADDL. DIST & SESSIONS JUDGE,
TADEAPLLIGUDEM.
FAC-IX ADDL. DIST.& SESSIONS JUDGE,
KOVVUR Copy To:
1.The Civil Judge (Junior Division) cum Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Nidadavole. 2.The Station House Officer, Chagallu Town Police Station. 3.Sri S.Kasivisweswara Rao, Advocate for Petitioners/Accused 1 and 2.
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