Jakkula Mamatha v. The State Of Telangana,
THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.5188 and 5200 of 2026 DATE :21.04.2026 Between :
Jakkula Mamatha ... Petitioner/Accused No.1 And The State of Telangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad and another.
... Respondent : COMMON ORDER :
Both the criminal petitions are filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, by the petitioner/Accused No.1 seeking anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.313 of 2025 and 314 of 2025 of Velgatur Police Station, Jagitial District. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Sections 191(3), 126(2), 324(4), 109, 121, r/w 190 of the BNS, Section 3 of the PDPPA and Sections 133, 134 of the TG Panchayat Raj Act, wherein the Crime No.313 of 2025 was registered at the instance of Returning Officer and Crime No.314 of 2025 was registered at the instance of SI of Police, Medipalli and both these crimes were registered for the same incident.
2.
The facts of the case are that the de-facto complainant lodged a complaint before the Police stating that complainant received information by Gangadhar, SI of Police, who was on duty as the Route mobile I/c, that the defeated candidate/ A-1 Jakkula Mamatha and her husband A-2.Jakkula Shekar along with about 150 of their supporters entered the polling center/ZPHS School at Paidipalli village and were creating a disturbance demanding recounting, then he reached the spot along with his staff and Special srtriking force I/c B.Suresh Babu, Cl of Police, Korutla was also reached there. Later, they sent the above persons out of the polling center and the defeated candidate A-1 and A-2 along with their supporters, did not listen and continued creating trouble from outside.
The accused were attempted to attack the election staff, the winning candidate, and the ward members, at that time police personnel were shifted them to room and provided police escort. Later, he informed the matter to CI, Dharmapuri, and the DSP, Jagtial. When the police staff attempted to shift the polling staff, ballot box and polling material in a bus, the accused tried to attack the bus by throwing pelted stones on a bus, resulting the police vehicle's glass were damaged.
members out safely, the supporters standing outside pelted stones, forcibly opened the gate, and rushed inside. During this incident, stones were thrown, and the complainant received bleeding injuries on his right eye and DSP, Jagtial received bleeding injuries on his head, Sudheer rao, SI of Police, Raikal received bleeding injuries on his chest. For self-defense and to control the situation, he fired six rounds (Pistol 9 mm) in the air. Hence, he requested the police for taking necessary action, basing on the same, the police registered the case against the accused for the above said offences.
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Heard Mrs. L. Pranathi Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri M. Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent-State. 4.
The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that petitioner is innocent of the said allegations and there is no specific allegations against the petitioner and the case was registered in the year 2023 and A.2 is the husband of the petitioner herein is already arrested and whatever the allegations are against 150 members. It is further submitted that except the offence under Section 109 of the BNS, all other offences are punishable below seven years and the petitioner is a woman and she ready to cooperate with the investigating
authority. Hence, he prayed this Court to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
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On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed bail stating that the alleged offences against the petitioner are serious in nature and the supporters of the petitioner herein damaged the public property at the instance of the petitioner herein and also thrown stones on the victims, as a result, they sustained bleeding injuries and as she is the instrumental in the entire case, she is not entitled for anticipatory bail and requested this Court to dismiss the petitions.
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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 accused No.1 and the allegations against the petitioner herein are that she is a defeated candidate in the Sarpanch and Ward Member elections and she was defeated by minimum votes. Further, the petitioner herein along with her supporters re-entered the polling center and thereafter, they pelted stones on the victims and A.2 was already arrested and the victims sustained simple injuries. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case,
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, Velgatur Police Station, Jagitial District within two weeks from today, and on such surrender, the said Station House Officer shall release the petitioner on bail on her executing personal bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) with two sureties, for the like sum each.
ii. The petitioner in the event of her arrest shall appear before the 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 petitioner shall abide by the other conditions stipulated in Section 482 (2) of BNSS and cooperate with the Investigating Officer in investigating the case.
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Accordingly, both Criminal Petitions are allowed. Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.
_______________ K. SUJANA, J Date: 21.04.2026 TU
THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.5188 and 5200 of 2026 Date: 21.04.2026 TU