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16. Thus, even on a re_appreciation of the entire evidence on record, the conviction u= ,".o.Ouj igu,rr, of , by the ld.Speciat l.F.C.M for pCR .aser, frl;angat for the --ipC'-is offence punishabte ylder :Z: - very much sustainable. It is accordingfy, coniirmei '- 17. However, the triat court tio ;;l ;;;,s; any reason why the beneficiat provisions or tn" p.o"uui,7," li on"noers Act or se*ion 360 Cr.p.c. *".u not i;;;k;;;"especialy when A1 is a police consrable and th; ;;;;;: l, o, *,,n o*, I stil subsisrins in spire "aAia ;i[;;i ,;".d marriase with another woman. so,--t nave ca]Uf.; a report form ,und". the District probation oni."i' wi"r*guf 6(2) of the p.O.Act. Section

18. The Addl.District proqatjon Officer, Grade II, Warangal, has submitted a report outuo og.ij.z"oio",-.".o.mending tor release of the of good .appellant_A1 on conduct under Section f(r) "; th; "p.L". o., and for under supervision unaer suct,.-.on + (3) of rhe -p-r"JUution B:e:,;ran.n', ( 3 SN, J 'Constable

19. Having regard to the nature of the offence' -- ciicunistanc6s of the case and in view of subsistence of ihe mar.iage of the appellant-A1 with his estranged wife' who is still interested to reconcile and Iive with him if he stiys away from the other woman with whom he allegedly contracted second/third marriages or developed intiriate relationship and in view of his. dismissal from and in order to enable the service as a Police appellant-Al to secure his job back and live with his wife-PW1 and their only son' I set aside sentenie of imprisonment for six months' as recorded "rtrang"O against the appellant-A1 by the ld'magistrate and in1i"uJ, release him under Section 4(1) of the P'O' Act' on his entering into a personal bond for Rs'1000/- with iwo sureties each in a like sum, undertaking to appear and receive sentence when called upon during a period.of on" V"ur. and, in the meantime to keep the peace and be of good behaviour. "udaition, I place the appellant-A1, on probation' under iection 4 (3) of the P'O' Act, to remain under the iupervision'oi $,e Addl.District Probation Officer' Grade il,'warangat, for a period of one-year requiring him to enterintoanotherbondforRs'10,000/-withtwosureties each in a like sum, to observe the conditions specified in the suPervision order. Decision:

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21. To sum up the Criminal Appeal is partly allowed' setting aside the sentence of imprisonment for six months' as iecorO"a against the accused No'1 by the Magistrate and in+ao rel6ase the petitioner under section 4(1) of the Probation of Offenders Act and placed petitioner' on p.oUition under Section 4(3) of the PO A.cJ on petitioner's entering into a personal bond for Rs' 10'000 with two sureties each in a like sum undertaking to cooper and ,eceive sentence when called upon during a period of one ylar and, in the meantime, to keep the place and be of good behaviour B e F t d d me h rPC c 4 Wara nqal, dated 26.o4 .2 010 Dassed ln cc 20s 20o8 ts extra cted here n er:- SN, J " It is observed that " il !l: result, accused No.1 is found guilty for the offence o_unishable il"o* s'e"c,i".n 323 IpC, and he is convicted un Section .255(2) Cr.p.C., and not ';d;*i;; ",il:: tff:i':#?ff,.3.:;:3"::: round guilty for the offe ll91 eil accordingty, accused rrro.z ,s- noi" f"r#.f rity ro. tn" offence punishabte under^!99ri9n lzj, iot i# ano sne is acqutred under Section ?:s(1i.roii,"i"",i.inos of the accused No.2 shall stand canceiled. .er D s I NA DC N L s ON:- 5 Learned counset appearing on behatf of the petitioner specifically contends that rn pursuance to the orders, dated 1O.12.2O10 passed in petitioner,s favour in Criminal Appea! No.ll2/2O1.O on the file of the principal Sessions Court, Warangal, the petitioner filed W.p.N o.4L46 ot 2O13 before this Court for reinstatement of petitioner into service and the same is disposed of by this Court vide its order, dated 12.O 2.2OL3 with a direction to the petitioner to approach Andhra pradesh Administrative Tribunal (A.p.A.T) for reinstatement and accordingly, the petitioner filed O.A.No.I 4A4/ZOtg before the A.p.A.T., but I t {&.&r,, 5 SN, J the same however unfortunatety was dismissed for default, on the ground of no representation.

6. ft is further the case of the petitioner that the petitioner submatted an application before the Commissioner of Police, Warangal Police Commissionarate and. the Commissioner of Police, Warangal police Commissionarate forwarded the said application of the petitioner to the Legal Advisor/Former Deputy Director of Prosecutions, Warangal for legal opinion. The Leoal Advisor/Former Deoutv Director of Prosecutions, Waranqal submitted his detailed leqal oDinion, dated 30.03.2018 to the Commissioner of Police. Waranoal Police Commissionarate and the same is extracted ereunder:- PROTECTION AVAILABLE TO ACCUSED on account oF PLEA OF BARGAINING Section 12 of the Probation of OFfenders Act, 1958 provides that a person found guilty of an offence and dealt with under section 3 or 4 of the said Act, shall not suffer any disqualification attached to the conviction, The Government employees who are released on probation under the Probation of offenders Act are saved from the d isqualification which is attached to conviction in view of Charan Singh Vs. M.C.D. (Writ Petition (Civil) No. 187 25 /2OOS) decided on 05 I lO / 2006. I / 6 SN, J The major cause oF con 'F_.i.#;n;#:.,? j:i.,i""ii?:".1 jl j,.;:,:Jfl [: :le.yr,f section 265-K provides thl! tf.lu ,iut"r-urtr=Ir"racts stated by an accused in an application ;;; pt;; iargaining fite under section 265_8 shail not O"-rr[jioi",11any other tne purpose Jr""In''"'clupter. i.e. 3H:??:: xilliei,..ii;. I v e f U V s1 u h f 1 8 n t edi u a if ed fro o h o s b h In V tSr s a and h r h b sA hK mar c

7. Learned co unsel AD ear tn on eha fof th subm ts tha tnt vtew of the Detitioner's a b e petiti n r u ittal vide ssed n etitioner'sfa o r I qm en t, datedL o. L2 .2o1o I Cr mina A No. ! 12/ 20 10 on the Pri ct als s o ooi n ron of Leqal Advisor Former D DU Pro se a a n ions, Wara nqal, a o 2 I w f t it d D tre a t ld th rv ea d h !n vteW e ba r o r a d s UA if e e ti u f h tm DOsed unde r Sect L2 of n e n 9 t e ti e e ti P o a o r d v ',li- & 7 SN, J for t he relief as Drav ed for bv the oetitioner in the Dresent writ o ition. 8 f the Crimina IAD No.112 20 1O on the file of the Pflncioal Sessio ns Cou rt, Waran qal, oreferred bv the Detitioner had entence of oa rtlv allowed. setti nq aside the rmI,rr sonment for six months, as recorded aoain 1b e titioner under Section 4( 1) of the Probation of Offe ders Act bv olaci otheD itioners. On oro tion Ma Iea s under Section 4(3) of the PO Act enterino into a oersonal bond for Rs.lO .OOO with two su reties each in a li ke sum, rta kinq to aDDe ar and recelve se ntence when called durinq a oeriod of one vear and,inth meantim e. to uDon e e he sa ner ts this Co r r reinstate ment. 8 SN, J

9.A ar of the t a o I 2 1 Leqa Advi sor/Former De DU ty Director of cu io ns, Waranqal add res edt o the Com miss ioner Wara nqa I Poli ce Com mr sro narate, cl e a rlv Pro ofP oli tn tc e ad t led e s a e e al r ProsecutionS,Waran al disou a lified and the Detition r's con tin ed in ti ton r t IN a d h c cl st rtv d F r er De D or of itIOner cann tbe s rv ice ha t o be 1 o. L rned coun lao Dea rl nq DEtitionersubm its that the request oft he etittoner mad e r s dto th dr s n behalf of er' o e e a rein stati nq the P ti D re or Ge er Aori t,2 18 DErta tntnq ot he reo ue itioner into servrce wath tmmedta T la a the bar im offe nders Act effect tn va wof d under Section L2 of the Pro ation of e sto 195 reco st e a o a a ta e H a wt hin t en r ofP a le 9

11. Lear ned Ass stant Government Plea er SN, J Service s(Hom e) aD oearinqon beha If of the res ndents does not disoute the said submisstonm ade bv the Iearned cou nsel ADD rrn on half oft e oetitioner Takinq into consideratio L2. a) The aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case' The submissions made by the learned counsel b) appearing on behalf of the petitioner l-earned Assistant Government Pleader for Services(Home) appearing on behalf of the respondents. c) The relevant portion of the judgment' dated 10.12.2010 passed in Criminal Appeal No'112/2O1O on the file of the Principal Sessions court, Warangal (referred to and extracted above) d) The contents of the legal opinion, dated 3O'O3'2018 of the Legal Advisor/Former Deputy Director of Prosecutions, Warangal addressed to the Commissioner Police, Waranga! Police Commissionarate (referred to and extracted above) 10 SN, J The relevant DOrtion of the sa id ludqm en of the e) l.J al F r e r P R s s War no al, dated 26 .o4. 20 10 DA e cc 20 5t 20 o8 The Writ Petition is diSDosed directi nq the 2nd r s o d t n id r h I a c o t e e e a d oth t t- rth id eti ron er's o 2nd res o dent herei n tn Aor t, 20 8,o reo es of retn statinq the Detitio e en 1 a e lmm di ee e tn VI e n 2 f h P ti n oft h t tn o n id ra e u tnto servrce wtth lm Dosed under n e e t 1 5 a d1 1 2 L e iti n r fa ou o t2 2 10 on th le of h P tn e n c ur ar n al (referred to an d opinion, F mer De racted above) anda ls

30.o3.2018 e r e fP Leo al e o er P li n ar n o r b e d !so alified from u c m to ar !n a t n 1s e h t e n ln e o er a n b d D etitio r's r d t- 1l SN, J to and e acted above) and oass aoorooriate reasoned orders on the reDresentation of the oetitioner ad ressed in April, 2018 oertaininq to the to the 2"d respondent req ues of the Detitioner to rei nstate the oetitioner into Poli Cons ran al Co n rate Waranqal District, with imm diate effect, withi n a oeriod of four (O4) weeks from the date of receiDt of c ov of the in conformitv with ori ncioles order, in ccordance to law, of natural iustice. bv orovidi o an oDDortunitv o oersona I hearinq o the oetitioner and dulv communicate the decision to the oetitioner herein. However, the shall be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition, shall stand closed /ITRUE COPY// SD/. B.REKHA RANI STSTANT REGISTRAR cTtoN o FFTCER To,

1. The Principal Secretary, Home Department' Se z. thi''o#JJiiie""neral of Police, Telangana state, DGP Office' saidabad' T.S..Hvderabad riat Buildings, Lakidkapool, HYderabad linii"uuit[m}T.F.*xs,Hfls'''g'ff6i.53'il3f ].&i#i:";,"i,",'fJ: ;. o;'iC'ilsnr. AJAikutvtaC uAolsenl'.4dvocate loP.ucl., 6. i;; dd;i"-cC ron siCVrcES (HoME ) ,Hish court ror the State or - 7. Two CD CoPies Telangana at Hyderabad [OUT] B tVI BSR CC TODAY /---- - :t:tl.:::\,- f ;rr: :. i7';,'-i']: 1 iF.P ?tr6 'i)\\ .'.: \ )-' i.) .:. ) -,t. HIGH COURT DATED:2610812025 ORDER WP.No.12163 of 2021 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WTHOUT COSTS iN{-