Chinthakuntla Suresh (Mondijuttu) 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.4440 of 2026 DATE: 06.04.2026 Between:
Chinthakuntla Suresh (Mondijuttu) .... Petitioner/accused No.30 AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad.
.... Respondent/Complainant 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.30 in Crime No.3 of 2026 of Thungathurthy Police Station, Suryapet District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 109, 132, 191(2), 191(3), 324(3) r/w 190 of the BNS Act, 2023 and Section 3 of the PDPP Act.
2.
The case of the prosecution is that, on 06.01.2026, the defacto complainant lodged a report before the police stating that due to the death of one Sri. Joqunuri Lazaras, there is a law and order problem in the village and the de-facto complainant went there to shift the dead body for post-mortem and while the Police were shifting the dead body of Jogunuri Lazaras for postmortem, the family members of the deceased and some trouble mongers of Ravulapally villagers who were supporting to them, abstracted the Police and their vehicles. They were formed an unlawful assembly and attacked on him, also his team of Special Party police and Thungathurthy & Nagaram Circle police personnel with bottles filled with petrol, chili powder packets, sticks and stones.
During this time, some stones pelted on the complainant left eye as a result, caused the injury. While mean time they were thrown chili powder into the eyes of women police personal and beaten with sticks. Later, they damaged police vehicles by hitting them with stones and sticks and broken the windows of Police vehicles. Hence, requested the police to take necessary action, wherein he mentioned the names of the accused Nos.1 to 23 and while registering the case, the name of the petitioner herein is not mentioned in the FIR and later, in the remand report, the petitioner herein is arrayed as accused No.30 stating that he is also present in the mob.
3.
Heard Smt.
K.
Nishwitha Reddy, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri M. Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State.
4.
The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that due to the death of Joqunuri Lazaras, there is a problem in the village and he has not participated in the said attack and other accused were already granted bail by the trial Court and this Court also granted anticipatory bail to accused Nos.2 and
16. Therefore, he 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 are serious in nature and the petitioner herein also actively participated in the said attack and the police person also received grievous injuries, as such, the petitioner herein is not entitled for anticipatory 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 on a perusal of the material available on record, it is evident that the petitioner herein is arrayed as accused No.30
and there are no specific allegations against the petitioner herein and this Court has already granted anticipatory bail to accused Nos.2 and 16. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and also the date of the alleged offence, 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 Station House Officer, Thungathurthy Police Station, Suryapet District, 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, 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: 06.04.2026 TU
THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.4440 of 2026 Date: 06.04.2026 TU