IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO : 4056 of 2010 Between: Bulla Sundara Raju @ Raju S/o. Suryanarayana R/o. Myneni Apartments, Flat No. 203, D.K. Road, Ameerpet, Hyderabad, N/o. Gosala Village, Penamaluru Mandal, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND The State of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, [Through SHO., P.S., Iragavaram, West Godavari District] .....RESPONDENT Petition under Section ____ of Crl.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed therewith, the High Court will be pleased to release the Petitioner / Accused No.4 on bail in connection with Crime No. 40 / 2010 on the file of P.S. Iragavaram, West Godavari District. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Mr.DURGA PRASAD, Advocate for the Petitioner and of the Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following: ORDER PSR, J. Crl.P.No. 4056 of 2010 O r d e r: The offences alleged against the petitioner are under sections 372, 342, 506, 366 (A) and 376 IPC and Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. 2. The case of the prosecution is that A-1 and A-2 are the parents of the victim girl and they have sold her to the present petitioner and under the guise of helping the victim, he committed rape on her. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that, in fact, the petitioner helped the victim and that he had not committed any offence; but, there is prima facie material in favour of the prosecution about the participation of the petitioner in the heinous crime. 4. Considering the circumstances, it is too early to release the petitioner on bail. 5. The petition dismissed. _______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. May 31, 2010. *BVS