Chelluri Chanti @ Chotu 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.156 of 2026 27.01.2026 Between:
Chelluri Chanti @ Chotu.
PETITIONER AND State of Telangana, Rep by Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad.
RESPONDENT
ORDER
This Criminal Petition is filed praying this Court to enlarge the petitioner on bail who is arrayed as accused No.1 in Crime No.767 of 2025 on the file of the II Additional Junior Civil Judge cum X Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Rangareddy District, at Kukatpally. 2.
The brief facts of the case are that on 03.05.2025 at 7.10 PM the Sub Inspector of Police, P.S. Madhapur received
credible information about prostitution being conducted at Flat No.402, 4th Floor, Plot No.336 (Part), H.No.259/9/4/336/Part, Chandranayak Thanda, Madhapur and immediately he obtained the permission from the Superior Officers and secured thepresence of two mediators and proceeded to the said flat along with the staff. On entering the said fiat he found one male person, two customers and one victim. On enquiry with the said male person, he disclosed his names as Ch. Veerababu @ Bunny and stated that he was conducting prostitution along with Chanti. Basing on the said complaint, a case in Cr. No.767/2025 under Section 143, 144 BNS, Section 3, 4, 5 of the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act was registered at P.S. Madhapur against the petitioner/accused and others.
3.
Heard Sri Y.Soma Srinath Reddy, learned counsel for petitioner, and 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, has been falsely implicated without any involvement in the alleged offence. He contended that he was already in custody in another crime and his arrest in
the present case was only regularized. He averred that continued incarceration without compelling reasons is illegal, and that no custodial interrogation or recovery is pending, the investigation is based on official records. Therefore, he prayed the Court to grant bail to the petitioner by allowing this criminal petition.
5.
On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner stating that the petitioner was organizer and is prime accused in the case. While advocating that there are serious allegations against the petitioner, he prayed the Court to dismiss the criminal petition.
6.
Having regard to the rival submissions made, and on going through the material placed on record, it is noted that there are three other crimes pending against the petitioner for the similar offences. However, it is seen that petitioner is in judicial custody since 26.11.2025. That apart, LWs.1 to 12 were also examined. That being so, considering the circumstances of this case in entirety, and the period of incarceration of petitioner, this Court deems it fit to grant
bail to the petitioner, subject to following the below conditions:
i.
The petitioner shall execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only) with two sureties for a like sum each, to the satisfaction of the II Additional Junior Civil Judge cum X Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Rangareddy District, at Kukatpally.
ii.
The petitioner shall appear before the concerned SHO at 11:00 a.m., on every Wednesday for a period of eight (8) weeks, for the purpose of investigation, and thereafter, as and when required.
iii.
The petitioner shall abide by the conditions stipulated in Section 480(3) of the BNSS, earlier known as Section 437(3) of Cr.P.C.
iv.
During the bail period, if the petitioner is involved in similar offences, the prosecution is at liberty to file cancellation of bail petition. 7.
Accordingly, the Criminal petition is allowed. Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.
_______________ K. SUJANA, J Date: 27.01.2026 PT
THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.156 of 2026 DATE: 27.01.2026 PT