Mohammad Noumanuddin @ Nouman, 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.5407 of 2026 DATE: 21.04.2026 Between:

Mohammed Noumanuddin @ Nouman ..Petitioner/Accused No.2 And The State of Telangana, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad and another.

..... Respondents

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNSS') for grant of prearrest bail to the petitioner, who is arrayed as accused No.2 in Crime No.139 of 2026 of Jagitial Town Police Station, Jagitial District, initially registered for the offences punishable under Sections 296(b), 115(2), 118(1), 351(2), r/w 3(5) of the BNS and later, Section 109(1) of the BNS and Sections 3(1)(r)(s) and 3(2)(va) of the SC and ST (POA) Act, 2015 were also added.

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The case of the prosecution is that, on 14.03.2026, the defacto complainant lodged a report before the police stating that accused Al and A2 were abused in most indecent language to complainant and beat him with his hands and iron rod on his two legs and some other parts of the body. The accused threatened with dire consequences to kill him due to old grudge. Hence, he requested for necessary action. Basing on the said complainant, the police registered a case for the above said offences. 3.

Heard Sri G. Rajeshwar Reddy, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri M. Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1 -State and also Pyatla Divyanjali, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent of the said allegations and in fact, he has not participated in the said alleged offence and there are no such injuries sustained by the victim and the victim has also filed an affidavit not objecting the bail application. Therefore, he prayed the Court to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner by allowing this criminal petition.

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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 and heinous and SC/ST offence is also there, as such, he is not entitled for the anticipatory bail. Therefore, he prayed the Court to dismiss the Criminal Petition.

6.

On the other hand, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2 filed vakalat not opposing the bail. 7.

In the light of the submissions made by both the learned counsel and on a perusal of the material available on record, the de-facto complainant is present in the Court and reported no objection in granting bail to the petitioner herein. 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, Jagitial Town Police Station, Jagitial 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.

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Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is 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 No.5407 of 2026 Date: 21.04.2026 TU