Gurrapu Prathap Reddy, v. The State of Telangana
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: K.LAKSHMAN
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2020-03-20. Gurrapu Prathap Reddy, v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
13168 | HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY :PRESEN'I': THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1239 OF 2020 Betrveen: Gurrapu Prathap Reddy, S/o. Nampelli Nampalli @ .... Petitioner/Accused AND I . The State of Telangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad. 2. The Station House Officer, Veernapally P. S 3. Gurrapu Narsaiah, S/o LAxmirajan, Occ: Agriculture R-/o H. No. l-7311, Adivipadira village, Veemapalli Mandal (As per the coufi order dated 06. 03. 2020 in IA. No. l of 2020 R-3 is impleaded in Crl. P. No. l239l2010) ... Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 437&439 of Cr. P. C, praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner/Accused in Crime No. l/2020 on the file of Veernapally Police Station bail, in the interest ofjustice.
The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI. T. SURYA SATISH Advocate for the Petitioner and ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (TG) for Respondent No. l the Court made the following. ORDER --. -_ E THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K,LAKSHMAN CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 1239 OF 2O2O ORDER: This is an eLpplication for regular bail. Petitioner is accused in Crime No. 1 of 2O2O of P. S, Veernapally. The offences alleged against the petitic,ner/ accused are under Section 324 ol the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3(t)(r)(s) and 3(2)(va) of the SCs/STs (POA) Amendment Act, 2015. It is the case of the prosecution that L. W. 1 belongs to Scheduled Caste whereas the petitioner/ accused belongs to non-Scheduled Caste. Both L. W. 1 and the petitioner/ accused belong to the same village i. e. Adavipadhira Village, Veernapally Mandal, Rajanna Siricilla District.
Both of them are having paddl' agricultural fields and in between their fields, there is a tank bund, which is called as Chityalapenta. It is further alleged by the prosecution that on 3I. 12. 2019 at about 17. 00 hrs, while L. W. 1 u,as distributing paddy sprouts for sowing in the ploughed wet land, the accusecl went there and asked him as to n,hy he is cultivating his land which is edge of tank bund with a tractor and abused him by referring his caste name. It is further alleged by the prosecution that the accused beat L. W. 1 on his right side ol his head resulting in sustaining bleeding injury and also threatened him with dire consequences. Therefore, the petitioner/ accused committed the olfences as stated above. Learned counsel for the petitioner/ accused would submit that there is boundary dispute between the petitioner and the de complainant and both focto belong to the same village and having Iands abutting to each other.
Learned counsel would further submit that the petitioner is in judicial custody lrom 06. 01. 2020 and investigation is completed and the police have also fiIed charge sheet. On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, on instructions, would submit that the police have filed charge sheet in the present case on completion of investigation. Considering the said fact and also the fact that the petitioner/ accused is in judicial custody from 06. 01. 2020 and both the petitioner/ accused and the de complainant focto belong to the very same village and owners of land abutting to each other and pima there is boundary dispute between them, this Court is facie inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner/ accused. The Criminal Petition is allowed and the petitioner/ accused shall be released on bail on the following terms and conditions: (i) That the petitioner/ accused shall execute a personai bond for Rs.
5,000/- (Rupees five thousand only) with one surety for a like sum to the satisfaction of the Juclicial Magistrate of First Class at Sircilla; (ii) that the petitioner/ accused shall not interfere with the investigation, directly or indirectly; and (iii) that the petitioner/ accused shall co-operate with the investigating agency. Miscellaneous applications, if any, pending shall stand closed. AVATHI g:;/- B . 5A T GISTRAR A551STA COPY// GISTRAR //TRUE For ASSIS To 1. ) 3. 'r;ii"' 4. *il,****r*g$h*::;:::ff 5. 6. sPare coPY 7. One HIGH COURI- / KL. J DATED; 20. 03. 2020 cRL. P. NO. 1239 0F 2020 B. \IL -4, E1iN '( ,. \\ t\ zl, 2a iltfl tat .. | . 7"r:/ -. \:
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