Dodla Eswar Reddy v. The State Of Telangana,

THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.4264 and 4244 of 2026 DATE : 26.03.2026 CRIMINAL PETITION No.4264 of 2026 Between :

Addula Subba Reddy ... Petitioner/Accused No.3 And The State of Telangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad and another ... Respondents CRIMINAL PETITION No.4244 of 2026 Between :

Dodla Eswar Reddy ... Petitioner/Accused No.4 And The State of Telangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad and another ... Respondents : COMMON ORDER :

These criminal petitions are filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, by petitioners/Accused Nos.3 and 4 seeking anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.108 of 2026 of Nagarkurnool Police Station, Nagarkurnool District. The offences alleged against the

petitioners are under Section 108 r/w. 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

2.

The case of the prosecution is that the de-facto complainant lodged a report before police on 18.03.2026, wherein it is stated that his father committed suicide, who is running Stone Crusher Machine in the limits of their village. But, about five months back to the complaint their villagers i.e., Accused Nos.1 to 3 have complained to the Mining Department and the Mining Department stopped the Stone Crusher. Since then his father was staying near crusher machine without doing anything. Due to which his father mentally depressed and committed suicide. Accused Nos.1 to 3 are responsible for the suicide of the father of the defacto complainant and requested the police for taking necessary action, basing on the same, Police registered the case against the accused for the above offences.

3.

Heard Sri T. Sanjay Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner/A-3 in Crl.P.No.4264 of 2026, Sri Bommineni Vivekananda, learned counsel for petitioner/A-4 in Crl.P.No.4244 of 2026 as well as Sri M. Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1-State.

4.

The contention of learned counsels for the petitioners is that petitioners are innocent of the said allegations. They further contended that later on receiving the suicide note of the father of defacto complainant, accused No.4 was added. Their further contention is that these petitioners' names are not mentioned by the defacto complainant while lodging the report before Police and subsequently added by the Police without any material against the petitioners and even the contents of the Remand Case Diary does not show any allegations against the petitioners herein to attract Section 108 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and there is no such abatement committed by the petitioners herein and there is no such mens rea, therefore, custodial interrogation of petitioners is not required. He further submitted that the petitioners are ready to cooperate with the investigation and prayed this Court to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

5.

On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed the bail stating that the suicide note itself shows that A-1 to A-4 are responsible for the suicide of the deceased. He further submitted that as the allegations leveled against the accused are serious in nature and their custodial interrogation is required to enquire the petitioners. Therefore, they are not

entitled for anticipatory bail and as the investigation is not yet completed requested this Court to dismiss the petition. 6.

Considering the submissions made by both the parties and the material on record this Court observed that in the initial complaint there are no such allegations against the petitioners herein that they are abated to commit suicide. The ingredients of the said report also show that A-1 and A-2 complained the Mining Department and thereby the Mining Department stopped the business of the deceased, therefore, there are no prima facie allegations against the petitioners. In that view of the matter, this Court deems it fit to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners subject to the following conditions:

i.

The petitioners shall surrender before the Station House Officer, Nagarkurnool Police Station, Nagarkurnool District, within two weeks from today, and on such surrender, the said Station House Officer shall release the petitioners on bail on their executing personal bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) each with two sureties, for the like sum each.

ii. The petitioners shall appear before concerned SHO between 09.00 a.m and 5.00 p.m., on every Monday for a period of eight (8)

weeks, for the purpose of investigation or till filing of charge sheet whichever is earlier and thereafter, as and when required.

iii. The petitioners shall abide by the other conditions stipulated in Section 482 (2) of BNSS and co-operate with the Investigating Officer in investigating the case.

7.

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

_______________ K. SUJANA, J Date: 26.03.2026 PN

THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.4264 and 4244 of 2026 Date: 26.03.2026 PN