Dachepally Srinivas v. The State Of Telangana

t31s8 I HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD T FzuDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN o c :PRESENT:

THE HON'BLE JUSTICE G.SRI DE\[ HY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3964 OF 2019 Between:

1. Dachepally Srinivas S/o Narayana

2. Nalamada Satyanarayana C/o Dachepally Srinivas Petitioners/Accused No. 1 & 2 AND 1 . The State of Telangana, represented by Public Prcsecutor, High Court at Hyderabad

2. Valigonda AnjaneJulu S/o Yadaiah, Occ: Deputy Tahsildar,(Civil Supplies) Choutuppal Town, Bangarigadda, Choutuppal Village and Mandal, Nalgonda District, Telangana. Respondents Petition under Section 438 of Cr.P.C, praying that in the circumstances stated in the petition and the grounds filed herein, the High Court may be pleased to grant anticipatory bail in connection with FIR No. 12 of 2019 of Police Station Choutuppal, Nalgonda, Rachakonda District.

Counsel for the Petitioner SMT. N. ANULA Counsel for the Respondent ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following;

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\ HoNOURABLE JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI / rlRlMlNAL PETITION No.3964 of 2019 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition, under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Proc€'dLre, 1973, is filed by the petitioners/A1 and A2, lor grant of anticipatory bail in Crime No.12 of 2019 of Choutuppal Police Station, Rachakonda District, registered for the offence under Sections 420 IPC and under Section 7 of Essential Commodities Act.

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Heard learrred counsel for the petitioners/A1 and 42, learned Additional Pub ic Prosecutor representing the respondent-State and perused the rer;ord.

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lt is aller;eri in the complaint that on reliable information, the de-facto complainant-Deputy Tahsildar along with Vigilance and Enforcement Ctffir:ials rushed to Govardhan Rice Mill, Thangadapalli Road, Choutuprpal, and found 20 bags of PDS rice weighing about 20 quintals and on enquiry, the accused revealed that they purchased the said rice in order to sell at higher price. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioners/A1 and 42 submits that the petitioners are innocent and they are no way concerned with the PDS rice and :hat only basing on the confessional statement of 42, the 2nd respondent filed a false complaint against them.

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Learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the respondent-State opposed to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

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ln view of the nature of allegations leveled against the petitioners, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners/Al and A2 on some conditions.

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Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the petitioners/Al and A2 are directed to surrender before the Station House Officer, Choutuppal Police Station, Rachakonda District, within a period of 15 days from the date of this order. On such surrender, the said Station House Officer shall release the petitioners/A1 and A2 on bail, on their executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,0001 (Rupees ten thousand only)each with two sureties for a like sum each to his satisfaction. On such release, the petitioners/Al and A2 shall report before the said Station House Officer, on every Saturday between 10:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M., till filing of the charge sheet and shall abide by the conditions stipulated in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C and co-operate with the investigating officer in investigating the case.

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Miscellaneous applications, if any pending in this criminal petition, shall stand closed.

-J Sd/. T.NAGESH BABU ISTRAR ASsrsrANTf.ElE //TRUE COPY// _v1 FOT ASSISTANT R-EGISTRAR To,

1. The Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, at Ramannapet, Nalgonda District

2. The Station House Officer, Choutuppal Police Station, Nalgonda, Rachakonda District

3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana, at Hyderabad (OUT)

4. one CC to Smt N. Anula, Advocate (OPUC)

5. one Spare Copy

p HIGH COURT GSD,J DATE: 19-7-2019

ORDER

CRL.P. NO.396.t OIr 2()19 PETITION ALLOWOD -$ .?

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