B. Chandrakanth v. The State Of Telangana
THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.12919 of 2025 This Criminal Petition is filed before this Court for grant of bail to the Petitioners who are arrayed as accused Nos.1 to 3 in FIR No.220 of 2025 of Madannapet Police Station, Hyderabad District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 118(1), 352 r/w 3(5) of BNS and Section 3(1)(r)(s) of SC/ST (POA) Act, 1989.
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The brief facts of the case are that, on 30.09.2025, the de-facto complainant lodged a report before the police, wherein she stated that, on the date of incident, accused No.1 allowed his dogs to urinate on their car. On noticing this, she came out and questioned him as to why he was allowing his dogs to urinate in her parking area and accused No.1 abused her with filthy language and accused Nos.2 and 3 attacked her with a plastic pipe (stick) and she sustained head injury. Hence, she requested to take necessary action. Basing on the said complaint, the police registered a case for the above said offences.
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Heard Sri K. Venumadhav, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners as well as Sri Arun Kumar Doddla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent-State. 4.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that all the allegations leveled against these petitioners are below 7 years and the investigating officer has not issued notice under Section 35 (3) of BNSS and instead of issuing the said notice, they arrested them and remanded to the judicial custody on 04.10.2025. It is further submitted that, even according to the de-facto complainant, there is no such grievous injuries and the investigation is also concluded and 16 witnesses were examined. Therefore, he prayed the Court to grant bail to them 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 the petitioners stating that the allegations leveled against them are serious in nature. Further, the investigation is not yet completed and they are yet to receive the medical certificate and as seen from the allegations, the injured de-facto complainant sustained grievous injuries. 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 petitioners were arrested and remanded to the judicial custody on 04.10.2025. Further, as seen from the record, all the offences are below 7 years and 16 witnesses were already examined. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature of the allegations, the stage of investigation, and the duration of incarceration, this Court finds it appropriate to grant bail to the petitioners, subject to the following conditions.
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The petitioners/ accused Nos.1 to 3 shall execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) each, with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned VII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, at Hyderabad.
ii.
The petitioners/ accused Nos.1 to 3 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 petitioners/ accused Nos.1 to 3 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: 14.10.2025 TU
THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.12919 of 2025 Date:14.10.2025 TU