IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI

FRIDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY TWO : PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE M.GANGA RAO AND

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO

IA No. 1 OF 2022 IN CRLA NO: 115 OF 2022

Vanumu Naveen Kumar @ Naveen, S/o Batchi Reddy, aged about 22 years, Occ. Electrician, R/o Illindraparru Village, Penamantra Mandal, West Godavari District. ...Petitioner

(Petitioner in CRLA 115 OF 2022 on the file of High Court)

AND

The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi.

...Respondent (Respondents in-do-)

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Petition under Section 389 (1) of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the Petitioner on bail for a period of one week i.e., from 18-08-2022 to 24-08-2022, pending disposal of the Crl. Appeal No. 115/2022 before this Hon'ble Court preferred against the Judgment in S.C.No.95/2017 on the file of the X Addl. District & Sessions Judge, West Godavari at Narasapur, pending disposal of CRLA No.115 of 2022, on the file of the High Court.

The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI SREEKANTH REDDY AMBATI Advocate for the Appellant and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondents, the Court made the following

ORDER:

"This application is filed by petitioner-appellant (sole accused), who was convicted in S.C.No.95 of 2017 on the file of the learned X Additional Sessions Judge, West Godavari at Narasapur, vide judgment dated 25.02.2022, seeking to release him on interim bail for a period of one week i.e., from 18.08.2022 to 24.08.2022 pending disposal of Criminal Appeal.

The deponent of the accompanying affidavit filed in support of the application is the father of the petitioner. It is the case of the deponent that the petitioner-appellant is his son. Deponent is having two sons and one daughter. His elder son died. His second son i.e., the petitioner appellant is languishing in jail since 25.02.2022. Marriage of his daughter, who is the sister of the petitioner appellant, is fixed to be held on 20.08.2022. His daughter is very much attached to the petitioner-appellant and wishes to have the presence of her brother at the time of her marriage. The presence of the petitioner is required to at the time of the marriage of his sister.

Learned Additional Public Prosecutor, on written instructions, states that the accused and deceased belong to same caste and residents of Illindraparru Village, Penumantra Mandal; the marriage of the sister of the accused is also fixed to be solemnized in their village; the family members and relatives of the deceased are feeling very sad and retaliation temperament for the brutal murder and causing disappearance of the dead body also; under such circumstances there is every possibility of harm to the accused in the hands of family members and relatives of the deceased and there is every possibility of breach of law and order.

Having considered the submissions of both the learned counsel and on perusal of the record, in view of the apprehension expressed by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor with regard to the law and order problem in the village, we intend to grant escort bail to the petitioner for a period of two days.

Accordingly, this application is ordered granting escort bail to the petitioner for a period of two (2) days i.e., on 19.08.2022 and 20.08.2022. Hence, the Superintendent, Central Jail, Rajahmundry, is directed to provide escort, at the cost of the petitioner, for a period of two (2) days i.e., on 19.08.2022 and 20.08.2022 to enable the petitioner to attend his sister's marriage, and thereafter, he shall be taken back to the Central Prison, Rajahmundry, in the evening time on 20.08.2022, with the same escort."

I/TRUE COPYII

SD/- SHAIK MOHD. RAFI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

SECTION OFFICER

To,

1. The X Addl. District & Sessions Judge, West Godavari at Narasapur

2. The Superintendent, Central Jail, Rajahmundry.

3. One CC to SRI SREEKANTH REDDY AMBATI Advocate [OPUC]

• 4. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of AP [OUT]
• 5. Two spare copies

HIGH COURT

MGRJ TMRJ

DATED:12/08/2022

ORDER

IA.NO.1 OF 2022 IN CRLA.No.115 of 2022

Escort BAIL