CRLP/1988/2025 of BINOY KUMAR BHAGAT Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

1 APHC010093782025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3396] (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY ,THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1988/2025 Between: Binoy Kumar Bhagat and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. AISHWARYA NAGULA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: The Criminal Petition, u/Sec.480 & 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is filed on behalf of the petitioners/A2 and A3 to grant regular bail in connection with Crime No.63/2024 of RSASTF, PS Tirupati. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioners herein and others for the offences punishable u/Sec.303(2) r/w 3(5), 49, 61(2) of 2 B.N.S. and Section 20(1)(d)(i)(a) r/w 20(1)(c)i, ii, iv, x, 36(a) r/w 32A, 32(B), 29(4)(a)(i) of A.P.Forest (Amendment) Act, 2016. 3. The case of the prosecution in nut shell is as follows: This is a case of criminal trespass into reserve forest without permission, cut the live red sander trees and commit