Andhra Pradesh High Court
CRLP/8491/2023 of PUVVADA SYAM PRASAD Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH on 31 December 2024
COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FOUR PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8491 OF 2023 Between: Puvvada Syam Prasad, Puvvada Syam Prasad, age 47 years, R/o. D. No. 4-23, Alluru, Kothapatnam
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
TUESDAY THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBERTWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FOUR
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8491 OF 2023
Between:
Puvvada Syam Prasad, Puvvada Syam Prasad, age 47 years,[R/o.][ D.][ No.]4-23, Alluru, Kothapatnam mandal Prakasam District
...PETITIONER
AND
The State Of Andhra Pradesh, .H .0., OngoleI Town, Prakasam DistrictRep. by its .Public Prosecutor, High Court, Guntur
...RESPONDENT
PetitionunderSection438ofCr.P.Cprayingthatinthecircumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition,the High Court may be pleased to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner inthe event of his arrest in Crime NO. 307 of 2023 on the file ofOngoleITown P.S., Prakasam district for the alleged offence under Sec.464, 466,467, 468, 471 86r/w. 34 of IPC of I.P.C.
This Petition coming on for hearing upon perusing the Memorandumof Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri ThotaRamakoteswara Rao ,Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor(AP) on behalf of the Respondent No The Court made the followingORDER:
HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURESH REDDYCRIMINAL PETITION No. 8491 OF 2023
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ORDER:
This criminal petition, under Section 438 Cr.P.C.,is filed bythe petitioner, namely Puwada Syam Prasad, seeking[to release]him onbailin the event of arrest in crimeNo. 307 of 2023 ofOngole I Town Police Station, Prakasam District, registered[for][ the]offences punishable under Sections 464, 466, 467, 468[and 472]read with Section 34 IPC.
2. Heard Sri T.Ramakoteswara Rao, learned counsel appearingforthepetitioner,andlearnedAdditionalPublicProsecutorappearing for the respondent-State.forthepetitioner,andlearnedAdditionalPublicProsecutorappearing for the respondent-State.
3. Case of the prosecutionis that on 26-09-2023 at about[4]p.m., the police surprised the house of accused No.1 where theyfound accused Nos.1 to 4 sitting at his house.After intimatingabout search warrant, the police searched the house[and][ found][ 26]fake non-judicial stamp papers of denomination of Rs.lO/-,[04][ fake]non-judicial stamp papers of denomination of Rs.50/-,[09][ fake][ non]judicial stamp papers of denomination of Rs.lOO/-. The police alsofound 98 blank birth certificates, 99 blank death certificates,16p.m., the police surprised the house of accused No.1 where theyfound accused Nos.1 to 4 sitting at his house.After intimatingabout search warrant, the police searched the house[and][ found][ 26]fake non-judicial stamp papers of denomination of Rs.lO/-,[04][ fake]non-judicial stamp papers of denomination of Rs.50/-,[09][ fake][ non]judicial stamp papers of denomination of Rs.lOO/-. The police alsofound 98 blank birth certificates, 99 blank death certificates,16
blank e-stamps and 60 rubber stamps.After seizing[the][ above]fake stamps, all the four accused confessed that they initially didreal-estate business and having sustained loss in the said business,they resorted to indulge themselvesin creating faketitle deedswith the help of fake rubber stamps and fake non-judicial stamppapers.They further confessed that the present petitioner[also]helped them in creating fake documents.
4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner contends thatthe petitioner came to be implicated only on the confession ofaccused Nos.1 to 4.He therefore requests this Court to grantanticipatory bail to the petitioner.
5. LearnedAdditionalPublicProsecutor ontheotherhandvehemently opposed the petition on the grounds that thereis agang operating in Ongole Town, including the petitioner, involvingin creating fake family member certificates and fakebirthanddeath certificates and selling properties without knowledge[of][ real]ownersbyintroducingthemselvesasiftheyarelegalrepresentatives of original owners or they are family[members][ of]original owners; that the allegations made against the petitionervehemently opposed the petition on the grounds that thereis agang operating in Ongole Town, including the petitioner, involvingin creating fake family member certificates and fakebirthanddeath certificates and selling properties without knowledge[of][ real]ownersbyintroducingthemselvesasiftheyarelegalrepresentatives of original owners or they are family[members][ of]original owners; that the allegations made against the petitioner are serious in nature and ina case of this nature, the petitionerneeds to be custodially interrogated and thatnumber of innocentvictims suffered irreparable loss. He thereforerequests this Courtto dismiss the criminal petition in the interests of public at large.
6. As huge properties are involved in these fake transactionsand custodial interrogation of the petitioner is required, this Courtis not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
7. Accordingly, the criminal petition is dismissed.
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SD/- P.VINOD KUMAR
assistant registrar
To,
SEiON OFFICER
1. The station House Officer Ongole I Town Police Station PrakasamDistrictDistrict
2. One CC to Sri. Thota RamakoteswaraRao Advocate [OPUC]Rao Advocate [OPUC]
3. Two CCs to the Public ProsecutorHigh Court of Andhra Pradesh atHigh Court of Andhra Pradesh atAmaravati [OUT]
4. THREE CD COPIES
TAC
HIGH COURTDATED:31/12/2024
ORDERCRLP.No.8491 of 2023
DISMISSING THE CRLP
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