Athkuri Bethaiah, 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.8339 of 2026 DATE: 16.06.2026 Between:
Athkuri Bethaiah
...Petitioner/accused No.2
AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad.
.... Respondent/Complainant
O R D E R
This Criminal Petition is filed before this Court for grant of bail to the Petitioner who is arrayed as accused No.2 in Crime No.111 of 2026 before the Jogipet Police Station, Sangareddy District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 108 read with 3(5) of BNS.
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The brief facts of the case are that Smt. Kammar Govindamma lodged a complaint that her husband brother son Dathu, resident of Tadmanoor village, Andole Mandal was due of an amount of Rs.3,50,000/- from Rollaphad for contruction of new house but not work on it therefore, Jogipet Police took Dathu into custody and upon knowing the same, the complainant's husband Ramchander also went to Police Station as Dathus is also due of Rs.80,000/- to her husband. At the same time, Sarpanch Anil Reddy also came to the Police Station in support of Dathu and informed him not to give amount to anyone and that if any case is registered against him, he will provide Bail to Dathu and left the Police station.
It is stated by the complainant that later Bethaiah called Sarpanch Anil Reddy over phone and informed him that Ramchander has spoken bad words about him, upon which Sarpanch Anil Reddy called her husband and spoken to him and abused him, due to which her husband got mentally upset and consumed unknown pesticide poison at about midnight 02.00 A.M.
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Heard Sri Sreenivasa Raja Kanuri, learned counsel for petitioner as well as Sri D.Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State. 4.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is no way connected with allegations made by the complainant, however, he was falsely implicated in the case and petitioner has been in custody since 14.05.2026. It is further submitted that the offence under Section 108 read with 3(5) of BNS is punishable with an imprisonment of less than seven (7) years. It is further submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents and the material part of the investigation has already been completed and the petitioner is ready to co-operate with the investigation and ready to abide by any of the conditions imposed by this Court. Therefore, he prayed the Court to grant bail to him by allowing this criminal petition.
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On the other hand, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, contending that the allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. Further, the investigation is not yet completed. Therefore, he prayed the Court to dismiss the criminal petition.
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In the light of the submissions made by both the learned counsel and upon perusal of the material available on record, it appears that the petitioner herein is in jail since 14.05.2026. As seen from the record, there are no other cases pending against the petitioner and the material part of the investigation was already completed. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature of the allegations, the duration of incarceration, the progress in the investigation, this Court finds it appropriate to grant bail to the petitioner, subject to the following conditions: i.
The petitioner shall execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only), with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial
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ii.
The petitioner shall appear before the concerned SHO at 11:00 a.m., on every Wednesday for a period of eight (8) weeks or till filing of charge sheet whichever is earlier, for the purpose of investigation, and thereafter, as and when required.
iii.
The petitioner shall abide by the conditions stipulated in Section 437(3) of Cr.P.C. (presently, Section 480(3) of the BNSS).
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Accordingly, the Criminal petition is allowed. Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.
_______________ K. SUJANA, J Date: 16.06.2026 gv
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