Mr. Bommireddy Nagaraju v. The State Of Telangana

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH MONDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, TWO THOUSAND AND SEVENTEEN : PRESENT :

THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE SHAMEEM AKTHER CRLP .No. 10959 of 2017 Between:- Mr. Bommireddy Nagaraju, S/o. Venkateswarlu.

..... Petitioner/Accused No.18 AND The State of Telangana, Represented by Public Prosecutor, High Court, Hyderabad.

...Respondent/Complainant.

Petition filed under Section 438 of Cr.P.C. praying that in the circumstances stated in the petition and grounds thereof, the High Court may be pleased to grant anticipatory bail to the Petitioner/Accused No. 18 in the event of his arrest in connection with Crime/FIR No. 179 of 2017 on the file of the Station House Officer, Mttampally Police Station, Suryapet District. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Leela Prasad Marella, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Addl. Public Prosecutor(TS) for the Respondent-State, the Court made the following ORDER :- "This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 438 of Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner-A.18 in Crime No.179 of 2017 of Mattampally Police Station, Suryapet District, registered for the offences punishable under Section 420 I.P.C. and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. 2.

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner-A.18 and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State, apart from perusing the material available on record.

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The specific accusation against the petitioner-A.18 is that he knowingly allowed his Scorpio car bearing No.AP 10AR 4003 to illegally transport 20 bags of PDS rice. The petitioner-A.18 is doing business in transport. Whether he has knowledge of the nature of rice alleged to have been transported by his Scorpio car or not can be decided only after completion of regular trial. Having regard to the nature of allegations and the material collected, the petitioner-A.18 can be granted anticipatory bail under Section 438 Cr.P.C. 4.

In the result, the petitioner-A.18 is directed to surrender before the Station House Officer, Mattampally Police Station, Suryapet District, within a period of 15 days from today. On such surrender, the Station House Officer, Mattampally Police Station, shall release the petitioner-A.18 on bail on petitioner-A.18 executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfaction of the same S.H.O. On release, the petitioner-A.18 shall abide by the conditions mentioned in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. and cooperate with the investigating officer. The petitionesr-A.18 shall also attend before the Station House Officer, Mattampally Police Station, Suryapet District, on every Sunday between 9-00 a.m. and 10-00 a.m. till filing of the charge sheet. Contd..2..

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Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is allowed. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. "

ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1.The Judicial First Class Magistrate, Huzurnagar, Nalgonda District. 2.The Station House Officer, Mattampally Police Station, Suryapet District. 3.Two CCs to Public Prosecutor(TS), High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad. (OUT) 4.One CC to Sri Leela Prasad Marella Advocate(OPUC) 5.One spare copy.

TKK

HIGH COURT DR.SA.J DT.27-11-2017.

ANTICIPATORY BAIL ORDER CRL.P.No. 10959 of 2017 RELEASE THE PETITONER ON BAI L IN THE EVENT OF HIS ARREST.

DRAFTED BY TKK DT.28-11-2017.

HIGH COURT DR.SA.J DT.27-11-2017.

ANTICIPATORY BAIL ORDER CRL.P.No. 10959 of 2017 RELEASE THE PETITIOENR ON BAIL IN THE EVENT OF HIS ARRST.