Yaganti Babu Rajeswara Rao, v. State Of Andhra Pradesh,
THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C. PRAVEEN KUMAR CRIMINAL PETITION No. 125 of 2015 ORDER :
The petitioner, who is accused No.1 in Crime No.141 of 2014 of Thulluru Police Station, Guntur District, filed the present application under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking release in the event of his arrest in connection with the above crime registered for the offences punishable under Section 354(A) IPC and Section 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.
The case of the prosecution is that A.1 was working as Head Master and A.2 was working as Telugu Teacher in St.Mary's High School situated at Pedaparimi village. They used to conduct extra classes to 9th and 10th class students after school hours. It is alleged that some girl students gave a complaint against A.1 and A.2 alleging that while private classes were being conducted, A.1 and A.2 used to take the girl students to the rooms by the side of lab and promising to leak out the question papers, used to kiss them and also touch their private parts. A.1 and A.2 are also alleged to have threatened the girl students of subjecting them to untold harassment both physically and mentally if they deny the same. Whenever male students saw and objected A.1 and A.2 taking the girl students to the above rooms, they were abused and roughed up by A.1 and A.2 on one pretext or other. Basing on these allegations, the above crime came to be registered.
The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there are disputes between the petitioner and the Correspondent of the school and at the instance of the Correspondent, the present report came to be lodged. The learned counsel further submits that the allegations made in the report are all false and concocted for the purpose of lodging the report. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed the application. A perusal of the material placed before the Court would show that police during the course of investigation examined 20 witnesses, of which L.Ws.9 to 20 are the students. The averments in the remand report disclose that the petitioner and A.2 used to take extra classes for 9th and 10th class students from 5.00 p.m. onwards. During the said period, they are alleged to have misbehaved with the girl students.
On the basis of the information furnished by the girl students, the village elders approached the Correspondent and the Secretary of the school who asked the students to give a report against the petitioner and A.2 narrating the events which happened in the school after school hours. A perusal of the statement of the students clearly reveal the inhuman conduct of the petitioner and A.2 in dealing with their own students after school hours. Having regard to the circumstances referred to above and taking into consideration the manner in which the petitioner dealt with his students which would have demoralised all students, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed.
JUSTICE C. PRAVEEN KUMAR 27th January, 2015 cbs
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C. PRAVEEN KUMAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 125 of 2015 27th January, 2015 cbs