IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN : PRESENT: THE HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE: G.YETHIRAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No. 1864 of 2007 Between: 1. Unnam Mallaiah, S/o Venkataramaiah 2. Katakam Veera Narayana, S/o Kotaiah 3. Katakam Venkateswarlu, S/o Kotaiah 4. Pattabhi Venkataravamma, W/o Venkaiah 5. Bojja Narasimha Rao, S/o Nagaian 6. Nakkanaboyina Narayana, S/o Buddaiah 7. Andugula Salemma, W/o Raja Rao 8. Rayapati Sydulu, S/o China Samuel 9. Kota Koteswara Rao, S/o Narasimham .. Petitioners/(Accused in Cr. No. 11/2005 of Durgi P.S., Guntur District ) And State of A.P., rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad Through the S.I. of Police, Durgi Police Station, Guntur District .. Respondent / Complainant COUNSEL FOR PETITIONERS : Sri K. Venkateswarlu COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT : The Public Prosecutor. Petition under Section 438 of Cr. P.C. praying that in the circumstances stated herein, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioners on bail in the event of their arrest in connection with Cr. No. 11 of 2005 on the file of Durgi Police Station, Durgi, Guntur District pending trial and investigation, the Court made the following : ORDER : The Petitioners are A-3 to A-11 in Cr. No. 11/2005 on the file of the Durgi Police Station registered for the offence U/s 409 and 420, IPC. The Petitioners, who are the members of the primary agricultural Co-operative Society, alleged to have misappropriated an amount of Rs. 2,29,990/-. It is alleged that the accused booked the salaries of the staff directly from the loan recovery amount without remitting it to the Bank and without bringing the same to the cash book and utilized it for unauthorised expenditure. The petitioners’ counsel submitted that the president and secretary of the Society are responsible for the unauthorized expenditure and the members have no role in the said expenditure. In the light of the above the petitioners are directed to surrender themselves before the learned JFCM, Macherla and on such surrender the learned Magistrate enlarge them on bail on their executing a bond for Rs. 10,000/- each together with two sureties each in a likesum to the satisfaction of the said Court. The Petitioners are themselves make available for interrogation before the concerned police in connection with the above crime as and when required. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The Judicial First Class Magistrate, Macherla, Guntur District 2. The I Addl. Sessions Judge, Guntur 3. The S.I. of Police, Durgi Police Station, Guntur District 4. Two CC’s to Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 5. One CC to Sri K. Venkateswarlu, Advocate (OPUC) 6. One spare copy. Skm HIGH COURT DR. GYR,J DATED : 29-03-2007 ORDER Crl. P. No. 1864 of 2007 DIRECTION HIGH COURT DR. GYR,J Drafted by : skm Drafted on: 29-03-2007 DATED : 29-03-2007 ORDER Crl. P. No. 1864 of 2007 DIRECTION