CRLA/991/2017 of BOMMIDI SESHAGIRI RAO, KRISHNA DT., Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP PP.,

APHC010090722017 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3528] (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: 991/2017 Between: BOMMIDI SESHAGIRI RAO S/O. PEDA BASAVAIAH, @ BASAVAIAH, R/O. DARA VAARI VEEDHI, KOJILLIPET, MACHILIPATNAM, KRISHNA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...APELLANT AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH REP PP, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad. ...RESPODENT Counsel for the Appellant: 1. VIRUPAKSHA DATTATREYA GOUDA 2. LEGAL AID Counsel for the Respondent: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 2 Crl.A.No.991 of 2017 The Court made the following JUDGMENT :- (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice K.Suresh Reddy) Sole accused in Sessions Case No.367 of 2010 on the file of the Court of IX Additional Sessions Judge, (FTC), Krishna District at Machilipatnam is the appellant herein. He was tried by the learned Additional Sessions Judge under two charges :- 1st charge was under Section 302 IPC and the 2nd charge was under Section 498-A IPC. 2. Substance of the charge as against the accused is that the accused harassed h