CRLP/953/2025 of Vemula Krishna @ Kiran Kumar Vs State of Andhra Pradesh,

1 APHC010046462025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3327] (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 953 of 2025 Between: Vemula Krishna @ Kiran Kumar ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. M SOLOMON RAJU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: 1. The Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is filed on behalf of the petitioner/accused No.1 seeking regular bail in Crime No.658 of 2024 of Ibrahimpatnam Police Station, Vijayawada. 2 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein for the offence punishable under Section 376 (3) IPC and Section 89 of BNS, 2023 and Section 6 of the POCSO Act. 3. Case of the prosecution is that, the alleged offence took place prior to 27.12.2024 at Ambedkar Nagar, near DAV School, Kondapalli. Accused is the maternal uncle by relation to the victim girl, aged about 14 years. Accused used to work as a Pastor. Wheneve