Telangana High Court
CRLP/11078/2026 of Lakavath Anil Kumar Vs The State of Telangana on 17 July 2026
COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.11078 OF 2026 DATE : 17.07.2026 Between : Lakavath Anil Kumar S/o. Valya. …Petitioner/ Accused And The State of Telangana, Rep.byt its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA
CRIMINAL PETITION No.11078 OF 2026
DATE : 17.07.2026
Between :
Lakavath Anil Kumar
S/o. Valya.
…Petitioner/
Accused
And
The State of Telangana,
Rep.byt its Public Prosecutor,
High Court for the State of Telangana,
Hyderabad and another.
… Respondent
complainant
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This Criminal Petition is filed under Sections 480 & 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner/accused to release him on bail in S.T.C.NI No.43 of 2025 pending on the file of learned I Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Mahabubabad, pending trial. The offence alleged against the petitioner is punishable under Section 138 read with 142 (a) of the Negotiable Instructions Act, 1881.
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2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the Counsel appearing for the petitioner did not inform him about issuance of warrant and he was under the bona fide impression that his Counsel is representing him in the matter; that the petitioner has no information in issuance of NBW against him; that his absence is neither willful nor wanton; that upon execution of warrant, the petitioner was arrested and produced before the learned Magistrate on 03.07.2026 and hence, he prays this Court to grant bail to the petitioner.
3. On the other hand, learned Additional Public prosecutor opposed the same and submits that the learned Magistrate rightly dismissed the petition and that there is no merit in the petition and hence, he prays to dismiss the petition.
4. Heard Sri G.Sundaresan learned counsel for the petitioner-accused and Sri D.Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, appearing for the respondent-State.
5. Considering the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor and taking into consideration the facts and
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circumstances of the case, the petitioner was under bona fide impression the counsel is representing in the matter, he could not appear before the trial Court. The absence of the petitioner is neither willful nor wanton, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner on the following terms and conditions:
(i) The petitioner-accused shall execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Mahabubabad.
(ii) On such release, the petitioner-accused shall appear before the learned I Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-Additional Judicial Magistrate for First Class at Mahabubabad, for trial on each and every date of hearing.
(iii) The petitioner-accused shall abide by the conditions stipulated in Section 437 (3) of Cr.P.C. (presently, Section 480 (3) of BNSS).
6. Accordingly, the Criminal petition is allowed.
Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed. _______________ K. SUJANA, J Date: 17.07.2026 YVL
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THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA
CRIMINAL PETITION No.11078 OF 2026
DATE : 17.07.2026
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