Neeragonda Srinivas, v. The State Of Telangana.
THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.12359 of 2025 ORDER:
The present Criminal Petition is filed praying this Court to grant pre arrest bail to the petitioners who are arrayed as accused Nos.1 and 2 in Crime No.198 of 2025 before the Chinnakodur Police Station, Siddipet 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 the complainant, Y.Narayana, alleged that his daughter, Revathi, was married to Neerugonda Srinivas (A1) in 2016 with a dowry of Rs.8,00,000 and other gifts. However, A1 and his mother, Neerugonda Rajavva (A2), began harassing Revathi for additional dowry. Despite giving birth to two daughters, the harassment continued, with A1 and A2 demanding a male successor. Revathi's sister-in-law, Madduri Padma (A3), and her husband, Madduri Yadagiri (A4), also allegedly harassed Revathi, demanding that she give them one of her children.
Due to unbearable harassment, Revathi committed suicide by hanging, leading to the registration of a case against A1 to A4. 3.
Heard Sri P.Sriharinath, learned counsel for petitioner, and Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent - State.
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Learned counsel for petitioner submitted that the petitioners are falsely implicated in this case and are no way connected to the alleged offence. He further submitted that the other accused in this crime are already granted with the relief of bail. Therefore, while advocating that the petitioners are willing to cooperate with the investigation, he prayed this Court to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners by allowing this criminal petition.
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On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed the submissions made by the learned counsel for petitioner stating that the allegations leveled against the petitioners are of serious nature and the petitioner No.1 is prime accused in the case. Therefore, prayed the Court to dismiss the criminal petition.
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Having regard to rival submissions made and on going through the material placed on record, it is noted that petitioner No.1 being prime accused in the case, this Court is not inclined to grant the relief of anticipatory bail to him. However, considering the complaint averments and the fact that petitioner No.2 is mother of petitioner No.1 and there are no specific allegations against her, this Court deems it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to petitioner No.2, subject to compliance of the following conditions:
i.
The petitioner No.2 shall surrender before the Station House Officer, Chinnakodur Police Station, Siddipet District, within two weeks from today, and on such surrender, the said Station House Officer shall release petitioner No.2 on bail, on her executing a personal bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only), with two sureties, for the like sum each.
ii.
The petitioner No.2 shall abide by the other conditions stipulated in Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and co-operate with the Investigating Officer in investigating the case.
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The petitioner No.2 shall appear before the concerned Investigating Officer on every Wednesday, between 09:00 a.m, and 05:00 p.m., till the filing of the charge sheet and thereafter, as and when required.
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Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is partly allowed. Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.
_______________ K. SUJANA, J Date: 25.09.2025 PT
THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.12359 of 2025 Date: 25.09.2025 PT