CRLP/9583/2024 of SHAIK NOWSHAD Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010591682024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327] AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.9583 OF 2024 Between: Shaik Nowshad ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State of AP ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Rep. by its PP Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. Shaik Omer Qaiyum Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/Accused, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.231 of 2024 of Naidupet Police Station, Tirupati district. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein for the offences punishable under Sections 65(2) of the 2 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 6 read with 5(m) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the victim girl, aged about 8 years, is the daughter of the de facto complainant and studying 3rd standard. The petitioner/accused is running an aquarium shop at Chi