Ramesh Patel @ Ramesh Kantilal Patel, v. The State Of Telangana

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT

HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.55 of 2026 DATE: 21.01.2026 Between:

Ramesh Patel @ Ramesh Kantilal Patel .... Petitioner/accused No.3 AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor.

.... Respondent ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNSS') for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner, who is arrayed as accused No.3 in Crime No.170 of 2022 of Central Crime Station, Detective Department, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 465, 467, 471 r/w 34 of the IPC.

2.

The case of the prosecution is that, on 23.08.2022, the de-facto complainant lodged a report before the police stating that his brother Rajesh Patel registered a will deed in favour of the de-facto complainant and he passed away in USA on 01.01.2020 and the de-facto complainant came to know that the true brothers of Rajesh Patel as the land prices have shoot up all over and all the accused persons have jointly hatched an evil plan and forged a fabricated will of Late Rajesh Patel and cheated the de-facto complainant and grab away the properties of late Rajesh Patel and the signature of late Rajesh Patel is forged. Hence, he requested for necessary action. Basing on the said complainant, the police registered a case for the above said offences against the accused. 3.

Heard Sri M. Mehdi Hussain, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the respondent - State.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner herein is innocent of the said allegations and the dispute is only with regard to the property dispute which was already settled with the Memorandum Of Understanding

dated 11.12.2025, therefore, the custodial interrogation of the petitioner is not required for further investigation and accused No.2 was already granted bail by the trial Court and prayed the Court to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner by allowing this criminal petition.

5.

On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed the submissions made by learned counsel for petitioner stating that the allegations against the petitioner herein are serious in nature and though the learned counsel for the petitioner shows the Memorandum of Understanding, the same was not placed before the investigating authority and they have no knowledge about the said Memorandum of Understanding. Therefore, he prayed the Court to dismiss the Criminal Petition.

6.

In the light of the submissions made by both the learned counsel and on a perusal of the material available on record, the petitioner herein is arrayed as accused No.3 and the petitioner herein along with accused Nos.1 and 2 have fabricated the will deed to grab the property of one of their brother, who passed away on 01.01.2020 in USA, wherein, the Memorandum of Understanding is filed by the petitioner

to show that the petitioner along with the de-facto complainant settled the matter and considering the same, the trial Court had granted bail to accused No.2. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court deems it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner, subject to the following conditions:

i.

The petitioner shall surrender before the Investigating Officer, Central Crime Station, Detective Department, Hyderabad, within two weeks from today, and on such surrender, the said Station House Officer shall release him on bail on executing a personal bond for Rs.25,000/-, with two sureties, for the like sum each.

ii.

The petitioner shall abide by the other conditions stipulated in Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and co-operate with the Investigating Officer in investigating the case.

iii.

The petitioner shall appear before the concerned Investigating Officer on every Monday between 09:00 a.m, and 05:00 p.m., for a period of 8 weeks or till the filing of the charge sheet, whichever is earlier, and thereafter, as and when required.

7.

Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is allowed. Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.

_______________ K. SUJANA, J Date: 21.01.2026 TU

THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.55 of 2026 Date: 21.01.2026 TU