The State Of Telangana v. Md.Hameed Khan

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.5480 of 2025 DATE: 06.01.2026 BETWEEN:

The State of Telangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad.

.....petitioner/complainant And Md. Hameed Khan .....Respondent/complainant

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to cancel the bail granted to respondent /accused No.1 in Crl.P.No.125 of 2025 dated 03.02.2025.

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Heard Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the petitioner/complainant as well as Sri R. Vamshi Krishna, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent - accused.

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Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that the bail granted to the respondent/Accused No.1 in Crl.P.No.125 of 2025 was liable to be cancelled on the ground that he was involved in a heinous offence of murder and had misused the liberty granted to him. He further submitted that after securing bail, the respondent was again involved in another criminal case, failed to attend the trial court on several dates, and had a long criminal antecedent history as a rowdy sheeter. He contended that there was every likelihood of the respondent threatening witnesses and obstructing the trial. Therefore, he prayed the Court to cancel the bail granted to the respondent by allowing this Criminal Petition. 4.

Learned counsel for the respondent-accused submitted that the petition for cancellation of bail was malafide, baseless, and an abuse of process of law and that the bail was granted after nearly five years of incarceration and after due

consideration of all facts by this Court. He further submitted that the alleged involvement in a subsequent case was denied as false and fabricated, with no charge sheet filed therein, and the absence from Court was explained as duly permitted under Section 317 Cr.P.C. He contended that earlier criminal cases had already ended in acquittal, there was no violation of bail conditions, and no supervening circumstances existed to justify cancellation of bail. Therefore, he prayed the Court to dismiss the Criminal Petition.

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In the light of the submissions made by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor and the learned counsel for the respondent-accused, and upon a careful perusal of the material available on record, it is evident that while granting bail in Crl.P.No.125 of 2025, this Court had imposed specific conditions, including Condition No.iii, stipulating that in the event the petitioner threatens any witness, the prosecution would be at liberty to seek cancellation of bail. 6.

It is placed on record that subsequent to the grant of bail, the respondent-accused was involved in another criminal case, i.e., Crime No.78 of 2025, registered for the offences

punishable under Sections 126(2), 303(2), 351(2), 140(2), and 61(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, apart from his repeated non-appearance before the trial Court. It is also not in dispute that the respondent is a rowdy sheeter with criminal antecedents.

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Further, the material placed before this Court discloses serious allegations made by the de facto complainant, Sri Mohammed Imran, who stated that the respondent-accused had been continuously threatening and intimidating him to dissuade him from attending Court, forcibly abducted his two minor children, extorted money, seized his vehicles, physically assaulted him, and prevented him from approaching the police, besides sending his associates to further intimidate him. These allegations clearly demonstrate an attempt on the part of the respondent-accused to misuse the liberty granted by this Court and to interfere with the due course of justice. 8.

In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this Court is of the considered opinion that the respondentaccused has violated the conditions of bail and therefore, this Court is of the considered view that the bail granted to the

respondent-accused in Crl.P.No.125 of 2025 dated 03.02.2025 is liable to be cancelled.

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Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is allowed cancelling the bail granted by this Court to the respondent-accused in Crl.P.No.125 of 2025 dated 03.02.2025. However, the respondent-accused is directed to surrender before the concerned Court within 15 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this Court.

Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.

_______________ K. SUJANA, J Date: 06.01.2026 SAI

THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.5480 of 2025 Date: 06.01.2026 SAI