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Uppala Nagaraju v. The State of Telangana

Court: High Court for State of Telangana

Bench: K.LAKSHMAN

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Case summary

High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2020-12-14. Uppala Nagaraju v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.

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[3168 I IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA ru AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF DECEfiBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY : PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6475 OF 2020 Between: l. Uppala Nagaraju, S/o. Subba Rao 2. Smt. Daw Sirisha, Wo Davu Lakshmi Vara Prasad 3. Uppala Govardhana, Wo Uppala Rathayya 4. Smt. Uppala Venkataramana, Wo Ramesh Petitioners/Accused No. 7 to 10 AND The State of Telangan4 Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State ofTelangana through P. S. , S. R. Nagar, Hyderabad Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 438 of Cr. P. C, praying that in the circumstances stated in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioners/Accused 7 to A-10 on bail in the event of their arrest in Crime No. 73712020, dated 1111012020 on the;Ele,-of S. R. Nagar P. S.

Hyderabad, pending investigation and trial; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri K SRINIVAS Advocate for the Petitioners and Assistant Public Prosecutor for the Respondent, the Court made the following. ORDER HONoURABLE SRI JUSTICE K, LAKSHMAN CRIN{INAL PETITION No. 6,175 OF 2020 ORDIIIT: 'l'his is:,n application fbr anticipatory bail. The petitioners herein, accused \os. 7, 8,9 and 10 respectively, seek anticipatory bail in Crime No. 7-i7 of 2020 pending on the file of the Station House Of'ficer, S. R. Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad. The olfences alleged against the petitioners are punishable under Sections 302, 120-B read with Section 34 rrf the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short 'lPC'). 2. Hearcl Sri K. Srinivas, learned counsel for the petitioners, and leamed Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State. Perused the record. 3.

It appeals from the remand report that there are disputes between the dect:ased and the accused including tl're petitior-rers herein with regard to rratrimonial issues between the daughter ol accused No. 6 and the dec eased. ln the complaint and the remand report. th! 'rc are no allegatiorL:; against the petitioners herein. 4. The leamed Assistant Public Prosecutor, in compliance ol the order of this Cout dated 07. 12. 2020, has furnished copies of the statements of fi', e (5) witnesses recorded by the investigating officer under Section t61 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 1973. A perusal of the said statements would reveal that none of them have sryken about the role played by the petitioners herein - accused Nos. 7, 8, 9 and l0 in commission of offences. On instructions, he would #rrr4! ::; submit that the police have alreadv arrested accused Nos. I to 6 and they are rn custody at present. ludrcral I 5. The petitioners herein are labourers.

There is no allegation against the petitioners herein in the complaint, remand report and also in the statements of the witnesses recorded by the investigating officer under Section 1 6 I of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1 973. 6. Considering the above aspects, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners herein - accused Nos. 7, 8,9 and 10. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the petitioners are granted anticipatory bail subject to the following conditionsl (a) the petitioners are directed to surrender before the Station House Olllcer, S. R. Nagar Police Station. Hyderabad, within a period of fifteen ( l5) days frorn today, and on such surrender, the said Station House Officer shall release them on bail on their executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.

10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) each with two sureties for a like sum each to his satisfaction: (b) the petitioners shall abide by the other conditions stipulated in Section 438(2) ofthe Code ofCriminal Procedure, 1973, and shall co-operate with the lnvestigating Officer by fumishing the information and the documents as sought by the investigating oihcer in rrvestigating the case; and (c) the pe titioners shall personally appear before the concerneci Investigar. rng O1-ficer on everyday between 10. 00 A. M. anci 5. 00 P. M. till completion of the investigation and filing final repofi / charge sheet. As a sequt l thereto. miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the criminal petitton stand closed. sd/ ^ I11. . ,''IAN. jt,L. i ASSISTAN'T T'EG i-;lR ,TIlUE COPY// SE,CTION oFFICER TC 1 The IV Additional Jtletropolitan Sessions Judge at Hyderabad 2 The Ill Additional t-hief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad ,l)fficer 3 The Station House S. R.

Nagar, Police Station, Hyderabad 4 One CC to Sri K Srinivas Advocate ,--' [OPUC] 5 Two CC to Public I):osecutor, High Court, Hyderabad (OUJ) 6 One spare copy HIGH COURT KLJ ST,r'; "-\. DATED:14112/2020 i IAL C i: j, r*) 114DEC[rr! p,al c ORDER CRLP. No. 6475 of 2020 CRLP, ALLOWED \-\

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