Byri Anand v. The State Of Telangana, Through S.H.O.,
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT
HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.1146 of 2026 DATE: 09.02.2026 Between:
Byri Anand and others .... Petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 4 AND The State of Telangana, Through SHO, PS Yellareddypet, Rajanna Sircilla District, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderbad.
.... Respondent/Complainant ORDER:
This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNSS) by the petitioners, who are arrayed as accused Nos.1 to 4, in the event of their arrest in connection with FIR No.388 of 2025 of Yellareddypet Police Station,
Rajanna Sircilla District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 329(4), 292, 115(2), 351(2) r/w 3(5) of the BNS.
2.
The case of the prosecution is that, on 19.12.2025, the de-facto complainant lodged a report before the police stating that all the accused went to the house of the defacto complainant and abused the de-facto complainant stating that he is not providing proper treatment to his wife and also threatened the de-facto complainant and his family members. Hence, he requested for necessary action. Basing on the said complaint, the police registered a case for the above said offences.
3.
Heard Sri Komala Thati, learned counsel for the petitioners as well as Sri M. Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent -State. 4.
The contention of the petitioners is that the petitioners herein are falsely implicated in the present case and in fact, the daughter of petitioner No.1 was harassed
by the de-facto complainant and threatened the petitioners herein. It is further submitted that all the offences are punishable below seven years. Therefore, he prayed the Court to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 5.
On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners stating that already 35(3) notice was served to the petitioners herein and therefore, they are not entitled for the pre-arrest bail. 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, the petitioners herein are arrayed as accused Nos.1 to 4 and the alleged offences are punishable below seven years and notice under Section 35(3) of the BNS was already served to the petitioners. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court deems it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioners, subject to the following conditions:
i.
The petitioners shall surrender before the Station House Officer, Yellareddypet Police Station, Rajanna Sircilla District, within two weeks from today, and on such surrender, the said Station House Officer shall release them on bail on executing a personal bond for Rs.25,000/- each, with two sureties, for the like sum each.
ii.
The petitioners shall abide by the other conditions stipulated in Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and cooperate with the Investigating Officer in investigating the case.
iii.
The petitioners 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: 09.02.2026 TU
THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.1146 of 2026 Date: 09.02.2026 TU