HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADE FRIDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C. PRAVEEN KUMAR CRL.P.No. 8992 of 2014 Between:
1 Mudumba Ravi Teja, S/o. Madhusudhana Charyulu,
2 Mudumba Madhusudhana Charyulu, S/o. Ramanujacharyulu Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 & 2 AND The State of A.P., rep., by its Public Prosecutor, The High Court of Judiciature at Hyderabad, for the State of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, on behalf of the SHO., Satynarayanapuran, Vijayawada City.
Respondent/Complainant COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONERS: SRI. P. VISHNU SHANKAR PRASAD COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT: THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR Petition under Section 438 of Cr.P.C., praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed herein, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioners on bail in Crime No.217 of 2014 (SN Puram P.S., Vijayawada City dt.02-04-2014 in the event of their arrest.
The Court made the following Order:
“This Criminal Petition is filed by A.1 and A.2, under Section 438 Cr.P.C., seeking release in the event of their arrest in connection with Crime No.217 of 2014 of S.N.Puram Police Station, Vijayawada City, which was registered for an offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC.
The allegations in the report are as under:-
The 1st petitioner is husband and the 2nd petitioner is father-in-law of informant. The marriage between the informant and the 1st petitioner was performed on 28.07.2012, and since then, the petitioners are alleged to have harmed the informant by demanding her to bring more dowry apart from harassing her physically and mentally.
Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State.
A perusal of the material placed before this Court would disclose that much prior to lodging of the report i.e., on 14.11.2013, the 1st petitioner herein filed O.P.No.6 of 2014 before the Judge, Family Court at Khammam, under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, against the informant. After service of summons in the said O.P., the present report was lodged on 02.04.2014. In view of the above, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
2 Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. The petitioners are directed to surrender themselves before the Station House Officer, S.N.Puram Police Station, Vijayawada City, within a period of two weeks from today, and on such surrender, they shall be released 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 the satisfaction of the same Station House Officer, and on further condition that they shall appear before the same Station House Officer once in a week i.e., on every Sunday between 10.00 a.m. and 12.00 noon, for a period of four weeks or till filing of the charge-sheet, whichever is earlier.”
ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To
1. The Mahila Sessions Judge, Vijayawada, Krishna District.
2. The Station House Officer, Satyanarayanapuram Police Station, Vijayawada City, Krishna District.
3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court, Hyderabad (OUT)
4. One CC to Sri. P. Vishnu Shankar Prasad, Advocate (OPUC)
5. One Spare copy KK HIGH COURT CPKJ DT. 8-8-2014 BAIL ORDER CRL.P.NO.8992 OF 2014 DIRECTION Drafted by: KK Drafted on: 8-8-2014 HIGH COURT CPKJ DT. 8-8-2014 BAIL ORDER CRL.P.NO.8992 OF 2014 DIRECTION