Rathod Kishan 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.631 of 2026 DATE: 27.01.2026 Between:

Rathod Kishan .... Petitioner/Accused No.1 AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad.

.... Respondent

O R D E R

This Criminal Petition is filed before this Court for grant of bail to the Petitioner who is arrayed as accused No.1 in FIR No.120 of 2025 of Lingapur Police Station, Kumurambheem Asifabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 109, 329(3) r/w 3(5) of the BNS-2023.

2.

The brief facts of the case are that, on 31.12.2025, the defacto complainant lodged a report before the police stating that, his elder sister, had given money to the petitioner herein, for doing

- 2 - business. When his sister went to the petitioner and asked him to return her money, the petitioner quarreled with his sister saying that he would not return the money even if she died and told her to do whatever. Due to this, his sister became mentally distressed and committed suicide. In this matter, a case was registered at Lingapur Police Station. Keeping this matter in mind, on the day dated 31.12.2025, while the de-facto complainant was working in the agricultural field, the petitioner came to him and, with the intention to kill him, placed a knife on his neck and when he tried to rescue from himself, but he sustained an injury on the left side of his cheek. Hence, the complainant requested to take necessary action. Basing on the said complaint, the police registered a case for the above said offences.

3.

Heard Sri Soma Ravi Kiran Reddy, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri M. Vivekananda Reddy, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent-State. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent of the said allegations and only to harass the petitioner, a false case is registered against him and the injury sustained by the de-facto complainant is simple injury i.e. on left side chin and he is in jail since 01.01.2026 and the material part of the investigation was already completed. Therefore, he prayed the Court to grant bail to him by allowing this criminal petition.

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On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor opposed the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner stating that the allegations against the petitioner herein are serious in nature. Further, the injury sustained by the defacto complainant is simple injury. Therefore, he prayed the Court to dismiss the criminal petition.

6.

In the light of the submissions made by both the learned counsel and upon perusal of the material available on record, it appears that the petitioner is in jail since 01.01.2026 and the petitioner's allegation is that the de-facto complainant lodged a report against him under Section 109 of the BNS due to the previous grudge and the petitioner herein attempted to kill the defacto complainant, whereas the record shows that only simple injury sustained by the de-facto complainant. As seen from the remand case diary, the prosecution witnesses, LWs 1 to 11 including the investigating authority have already been examined. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature of the allegations, the stage of investigation, the duration of incarceration, this Court finds it appropriate to grant bail to the petitioner, subject to the following conditions: i.

The petitioner shall execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees

- 4 - Twenty Five Thousand only), with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Principal Judicial First Class Magistrate, at Asifabad.

ii.

The petitioner shall appear before the concerned SHO at 11:00 a.m., on every Monday for a period of eight (8) weeks or till filing of charge sheet whichever is earlier, for the purpose of investigation, and thereafter, as and when required.

iii.

The petitioner shall abide by the conditions stipulated in Section 437(3) of Cr.P.C. (presently, Section 480(3) of the BNSS).

7.

Accordingly, the Criminal petition is allowed. Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.

_______________ K. SUJANA, J Date: 27.01.2026 TU

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