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IN THE COURT OF THE SESSIONS JUDGE, ANANTHAPURAMU
PRESENT: Sri G. Srinivas,
Sessions Judge, Ananthapuramu
Monday, this the 18 th day of April, 2022
Crl.M.P.No.470 of 2022
(Cr.No.30/2022 of Ananthapuramu II town P.S.)
Between:-
1. Nidimoru Jayalakshmi D/o Nidimoru Krishna Murthy Raju, 49 years, House wife, D.No.11-1-848, Krupananda Nagar, Ananthapuramu
2. Putta Sree Hari Babu S/o P. Penchalaiah, 45 years, Residing at Plot No.408, Shanthi Apartment, Opp. Shivalayam, Bhagya Nagar Colony, Kadapa
... Petitioners/A1 & A2
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The State S.H.O., II town P.S., Ananthapuramu Rep. by Public Prosecutor
... Respondent/Complainant
This petition coming on this day for hearing before me in the presence of Sri L. Narasimha Reddy and Sri D. Shafiulla, Advocates for the petitioners and of learned Public Prosecutor for the State, this Court passed the following :-
O R D E R
This is a petition filed under Section 439 CrPC praying the Court to enlarge the petitioners on regular bail.
2. The petitioners are accused Nos.1 and 2 in Cr.No.30/2022 of
Ananthapuramu II town P.S. registered for the offences punishable under
Sections 406, 420 r/w 34 IPC and Sec.56 of A.P.Chit Fund Act and Sec.5 of
A.P. Protection of Depositors of Financial Establishment Act, 1999. The petitioners were remanded to judicial custody in this crime on 16.03.2022 on execution of P.T. warrant.
3. Notice given to the learned Public Prosecutor and he opposed the bail petition. I have perused the material on record and heard the submissions on both the sides.
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4. The case facts as per the case diary, in brief, are that “prior to 19.02.2022 the accused No.1 with an intent to cheat and attract the complainant and others as subscribers of the chit, made the subscribers into belief, collected huge amount from them on guise of monthly chits and utilized the collected money for their personal gains and dishonestly induced the complainant and others. After completion of chit, she did not return the chit amount to the depositors and thereby cheated complainant and others. When the complainant asked the accused to refund the chit amount, the accused threatened him with dire consequences. On the complaint of Katakam Krishna
Veni, a case in Cr.No.30/2022 under sections 406, 420, 506 IPC and Sec.56 of
AP Chit Fund Act and Sec.5 of A.P. Protection of Depositors of Financial
Establishment Act was registered and investigated into. On 16.03.2022 the petitioners were arrested and remanded to judicial custody.”
5. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners are innocent of the alleged offence and they have been falsely implicated in this case. The defacto complainant has no capacity to pay such a huge amount of
Rs.1,53,55,000/-. Except the defacto complainant all are house wives and it is highly improbable to pay such a huge amount. The defacto complainant and accused No.1 accustomed to leading of a lavish life, being such they contacted debts by way of hand loan and debts, when pressure came for repayment of the same, all members thrown entire burden on accused No.1 and victimized accused No.1 since they are powerful and highly influenced persons. The accused No.1 is a lady, practicing advocate in Ananthapuramu Bar
Association. There is no necessity or occasion for her to run the chits. The petitioner No.2/accused No.2 is a resident of Kadapa and he is also a practicing advocate at Kadapa Bar Association, petitioner No.2 being suspected by the police that he is helping accused No.1 was implicated in the present case. The petitioners 1 and 2 are aged more than 45 years and suffering with blood pressure and diabetic. Both the petitioners require day to day medicine, 3 physical exercise and controlled diet. The petitioner No.2 is suffering from jaundice and he requires day to day medicine and control diet. Along with petition, the petitioner No.2 has filed Photostat copy of treatment given to him by the duty doctor in Government General Hospital, Ananthapuramu dated 07.04.2022. He further submitted that there are no ingredients of Sec.5 of
A.P. Protection of Depositors of Financial Establishment Act and Sec.56 of Chit
Fund Act and the said Acts are not applicable to the facts and circumstances of the case. Entire investigation is completed and all the material witnesses were examined. Hence, prayed to enlarge the petitioners on bail.
6. The learned Public Prosecutor opposed the petition contending that the petitioners organized chit fund company without authorization and collected huge money from the depositors on the guise of daily chits and executed promissory notes and also issued cheques instead of giving chit money by inducing that they will return the money by pay Rs.2/- interest on principal amount and finally cheated the depositors by violating the rules and regulations of chit fund act as well as A.P. Protection of Depositors Financial
Establishment Act, 1999. The petitioners are involved in seven similar cases.
Investigation is pending for examination of some more witnesses. If the petitioners are released on bail, there is every chance to commit further offences, they may not co-operate for investigation and may not attend the court, they may threaten the witnesses and damage the evidence as they are well educated and practicing advocates and they may sell the assets earned by running chits. Hence, prayed to dismiss the petition.
7. Now the points for consideration are (1) Whether the petitioners are entitled for bail as prayed for?
(2) To what relief?
8. POINT NO.1:-
A perusal of the case diary submitted by the learned Public Prosecutor shows that the petitioners were remanded to judicial custody in this crime on 4 16.03.2022 on P.T. Warrant and they are still in judicial custody for the offences U/ss 420, 406 r/w 34 IPC and Sec.5 of A.P. Protection of Depositors of Financial Establishment Act, 1999 and Sec.56 of A.P Chit Fund Act. The bail application was opposed by the learned Public Prosecutor contending that investigation is pending for examination of some more witnesses. As the investigation is not completed and as the prosecution intended to examine some more witnesses, at this time if the petitioners/accused Nos.1 and 2 are enlarged on bail, there is every chance for them to threaten or influence the prosecution witnesses, to tamper with the record of the prosecution and to cause obstruction for further investigation to the investigation agency. Hence, this court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners at this juncture. Point
No.1 is answered accordingly.
9. POINT No.2:-
In the result, this petition is dismissed.
Typed to my dictation, corrected and pronounced by me in open Court, on this the 18 th day of April, 2022.
Sd/- G. Srinivas
SESSIONS JUDGE,
ANANTHAPURAMU.
Copy to :
1.The I Addl. Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Ananthapuramu
2.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, CID, Regional Office, Kurnool.
3.The S.H.O., Ananthapuramu II town P.S.
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Chief Administrative Officer, Prl.District Court, Ananthapuramu