CRLP/16165/2026 of Bejawada Rajeev Vs The State of Telangana on 13 October 2026

ORDER

1. This Criminal Petition is filed under Sections 480 & 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) praying this Court to enlarge the petitioner-accused on bail in connection with Crime No.60 of 2013 of Thorrur Police Station Town, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 489-A, 489-B, 489-C, 489-D, 489- E of Indian Penal Code (IPC).

2. Heard Sri Sanjeeva Reddy Garlapati, learned counsel for the petitioner-accused and Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned

Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent– State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no allegation that he had misused the liberty granted to him or had tampered with the prosecution evidence. The alleged occurrence relates to 17.03.2013 and the charge sheet came to be filed on 26.11.2023, subsequently, it is numbered as S.C.No.242 of 2015 before the learned Sessions Court. Due to the non-appearance of the petitioner-accused, the learned Sessions Court has re-registered the S.C. as L.P.C.No.4 of 2021 and warrant came to be issued. Petitioner-accused was ultimately secured and produced before the learned Sessions Court and is remanded to judicial custody on 11.08.2026. There is miscommunication between the counsel on record before the learned Trial Court with that of the petitioner- accused. The petitioner-accused is having a minor daughter, who is aged about four (4) years, suffering with health issues requires proper care and attention and prayed to enlarge the petitioner-accused on bail.

4. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that the petitioner is involved in Cr.No.97 of 2011 under Section 302

I.P.C, wherein, he was acquitted. He is also involved in Cr.Nos.190 of 2020 and 188 of 2021 under different sections of I.P.C. Apart from the above, he is also involved in Cr.No.75 of 2026 under Sections 178, 179, 180, 181 r/w 35 of BNS.

5. The Police has filed a charge sheet in Cr.No.60 of 2013 for the offences under Sections 489-A, 489-B, 489-C, 489-D, 489-E of the I.P.C., the charge sheet came to be numbered as S.C.No.242 of 2015 before the learned Sessions Court. the learned Sessions Court has taken the charge sheet on file on 01.03.2014 and issued summons and listed the case on 21.03.2014.

6. Since the petitioner-accused failed to appear before the learned Sessions Court, thereby NBW came to be issued on 10.07.2018 and the same is executed on 11.08.2026. By the date of execution of NBW on 11.08.2026, S.C.No.242 of 2015 is converted into LPC.No.4 of 2021.

7. Learned counsel for the petitioner has filed a daily status of the aforesaid S.C. dated 11.08.2026, which states that “Accused produced before this Court through escort PC 196, HC 1324 of P.S., Thorrur on execution of NBW. Accused is remanded to judicial custody till 25.08.2026. The office is

hereby directed to send a letter to the Hon’ble Prl. District and Sessions Judge, Mahabubabad informing the closing of LPC and restoration of the S.C. and listed the S.C. on 25.08.2026”.

8. Learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions, submits that the charges are not yet framed in the S.C. and the petitioner-accused is ready to cooperate with the disposal of the main S.C. itself.

9. Since the LPC.No.4 of 2021 is converted to S.C., the charges are to be framed by the learned Sessions Court.

10. In view of the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner-accused is entitled to be enlarged on bail, subject to the following conditions: i. The petitioner-accused shall execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only), with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the Assistant Sessions Judge at Mahabubabad. ii. The petitioner-accused shall appear before the learned Sessions Court, as and when the case is posted and shall cooperate with the disposal of the

main case. In exigency, the counsel on record before the learned Sessions Court is permitted to file dispense with petition seeking the dispense of the accused. iii. The petitioner-accused shall not directly or indirectly influence, threaten, or induce any of the prosecution witnesses connected to the S.C. iv. The petitioner-accused shall not involve in any other cases. v. It is made clear that if any of the conditions imposed by this Court are violated, the prosecution is at liberty to file an application for cancellation of the bail.

11. Accordingly, the Criminal petition is allowed.

Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed. __________________________ B.R.MADHUSUDHAN RAO, J Date: 13.10.2026 prat

THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.R.MADHUSUDHAN RAO

CRIMINAL PETITION No.16165 of 2026

Date: 13.10.2026 prat