Pagilla Shiva Kumar @ Shiva v. The State Of Telangana
THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.11833 of 2025 ORAL ORDER:
Seeking the Court to enlarge the petitioner who is arrayed as accused No.1 in Crime No.626 of 2025 of Jeedimetla Police Station, Cyberabad Commissionerate, on bail, the present Criminal Petition is filed. 2.
The brief facts of the case are that on 23.06.2025 at about 10:45 p.m., the complainant's sister, Smt. Satla Anjali, was found dead at her residence in Shapurnagar. Enquiries revealed that her daughter Tejasree, had developed a relationship with one Shiva through Instagram. When the deceased objected, Tejasree, fearing that Shiva might face punishment in a missing/kidnap case, conspired with Shiva and Yeshwanth to eliminate her mother. On the evening of 23.06.2025, while Tejasree stood outside, Shiva and Yeshwanth entered the house and strangulated Anjali with a nylon chunni, causing her death. The complainant noticed ligature marks on the neck and a blunt injury on the forehead of the deceased.
3.
Heard Sri P. Animi Reddy, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the respondent - State.
4.
Learned counsel submitted that the petitioner was innocent and falsely implicated, as he had no connection with the alleged offence and that the petitioner was an Intermediate student from Nalgonda, the material witnesses had already been examined, and the investigation was almost complete except for filing of the charge sheet. He further submitted that two co-accused i.e., CCL-1 and CCL2 were already granted bail and that the petitioner is in jail since 25.06.2025. Therefore, he prayed the Court to grant bail to the petitioner by allowing this criminal petition. 5.
On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed the petition stating that the allegations leveled against the petitioner were serious in nature. He submitted that the petitioner along with other accused had killed the deceased. Therefore, he prayed the Court to dismiss the criminal petition.
6.
In light of the submissions made by both the learned counsel and upon perusal of the material available on record, it appears that the petitioner had been in jail since 25.06.2025. Till date, no charge sheet had been filed. As seen from the record, the material part of the investigation had been completed and L.Ws. 1 to 15 had been examined. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, as well as the period of incarceration of the petitioner, this Court deemed it fit 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 VIII Additional Metropolitan Magistrate at Medchal, Cyberabad, MedchalMalkjgiri District. ii.
The petitioner shall appear before the concerned SHO at 11:00 a.m.,
on every Monday for a period of eight
(8) week 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).
7.
Accordingly, the Criminal petition is allowed. Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.
_______________ K. SUJANA, J Date: 19.09.2025 SAI
THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.11833 of 2025 Date: 19.09.2025 sai