Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 2278 AP
Judgement Date : 6 July, 2021
13240 } IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY ONE : PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI iA No. 1 OF 2021 IN CRLA NO: 196 OF 2021 Between: Doddavaram Subrahmanyam, S/o. Veera Ragavaiah Age 22 years, R/o. Allampadu Village Kota Mandal, SPSR Nellore District ..Petitioner/Appellant (Petitioner in CRLA 196 OF 2021 on the file of High Court) AND The State of Andhra Pradesh; Rep by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravaii Through the Kota Police Station SPSR Nellore District . Respondent/Complainant (Respondents in-do-) Petition under Section 389 (1) of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to suspend Conviction and Sentence order dt. 12.03.2020 passed in Sessions Case No. 104. of 2018 on the file of the Vill Additional District & Sessions Judge-Cum-Special Judge for the Trail of Offences Against Women, Nellore and enlarge the petitioner/appellant on bail, pending disposal of CRLA No.196 of 2021, on the file of the High Court. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI KAMBHAMPATI RAMESH BABU Advocate for the Petitioner/Appellant and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent, the Court made the following ORDER:
"This petition is filed seeking suspension of sentence imposed in judgment dated 12.03.2020 passed in S.C.No.104 of 2018 by the learned VIH Additional District and Sessions Judge -cum- Special Judge for the Trial of Offences Against Women, Nellore and to enlarge the petitioner on bail, pending disposal of ' the criminal appeal. .
Heard Sri Kambhampati Ramesh Babu, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the respondent-state.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner/jaccused was sentenced to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/- and in default to suffer simple imprisonment for one month for the offence punishable under Section 448 of |.P.C. and he was further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/-, in default to suffer simple imprisonment for one month, for the offence punishable under Section 376 read with 511 1.P.C.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that ail the allegations levelled against the petitioner were concocted for the purpose of foisting false case against him and the Court below has recorded the findings only on assumptions and presumptions though the prosecution has failed to establish the guilt of the accused beyond the reasonable doubt. He further submits that as the petitioner is languishing in jail since 12.03.2020 i.e. for more than one year, his case may be considered for grant of bail. .
Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor opposed the petition.
Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that the petitioner is languishing in jail since 12.03.2020, the sentence of imprisonment imposed against the petitioner in the judgment, dated 12.03.2020 passed in S.C.No.104 of 2018 on the file of Vill Additional District and Sessions Judge ~cum- Special Judge for the Trial of Offences Against Women, Nellore, alone is suspended pending the criminal appeal. The petitioner shall be enlarged
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on bail on execution of self bond for Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand Only) with two sureties for a likesum each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kota, $.P.S.R.Nellore District."
d/-M.Suryanadha Reddy
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The Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kota, S.P.S.R. Nellore District
The Vif Additional District & Sessions Judge-Cum-Special Judge for the Trail of Offences against Women, Nellore
The Superintendent, Central Prison, S.P.S.R. Nellore
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Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of AP [OUT]
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DATED:06/07/2021
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