CRLP/2536/2025 of SRI BIRUDALA ESWAR REDDY Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010116522025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3396] (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2536/2025 Between: Sri Birudala Eswar Reddy ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. S S BHATT Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the BNSS, has been filed by the petitioner herein, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.32 of 2025 of Tirupati Rural Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 65(1), 64(2)(f)(i), 115(2), 127(2) and 351(2) of the BNS and Section 5 (I)(n) read with 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief is that on 12.01.2025 the accused who is stepfather of the victim child, in the absence of inmates, forcibly dragged the victim child into bed room and by raising T.V. volume, committed rape against her twice and threatened her to kill if she reveals the same to anybody. After the arriv