Mohammed Zulqurnain Qamar Bilal 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.16056 of 2025 DATE: 15.12.2025 Between:

Mohammad Zulqurnain Qamar Bilal .... Petitioner/Sole accused AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad.

.... Respondent/Complainant ORDER:

This criminal petition is filed under Sections 480 & 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNSS') by the petitioner/accused seeking enlargement on bail in Crime No.467 of 2025 of Rajendranagar Police Station, Cyberabad Commissionerate, originally registered for the

offences punishable under Sections 329(4), 74, 75(2) of the BNS and later altered the Sections 64 and 62 of the BNS after recording the statement of the victim.

2.

The case of the prosecution is that, on 30.04.2025, the de-facto complainant, who is the ex-wife of the petitioner, lodged a report before the police stating that the petitioner herein even after pronouncing divorce coming to the house of the de-facto complainant and she is residing along with her parents and on that day, he went to the house of the de-facto complainant and outraged her modesty and attempted to rape her. Hence, she requested for necessary action. Basing on the same, the police registered a case for the above said offences.

3.

Heard Sri C. Sharan Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is falsely implicated in this case and when he issued legal notice to the de-facto complainant to see his two minor children, who are with the de-facto complainant, as she is not

showing the children to the petitioner and as a counter blast to the above said notice, the present complaint is falsely filed by the de-facto complainant and the allegations are nothing but false and the complaint is lodged in the month of April and he is in jail since 30.10.2025 and the material part of the investigation was already completed and 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 submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner stating that the allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature and the investigation is not yet completed and prayed to dismiss this petition. 6.

Having regard to the submissions made by both the learned counsel and the material on record, the petitioner herein is in jail since 30.10.2025 and as seen from the record, LWs 1 to 12 witnesses were already examined including the investigating authority and 183 statement of the victim is also recorded. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and also the period of incarceration of petitioner in jail, this Court deems 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 learned Principal Junior Civil Judge-cum-XI-Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, R.R. District, at Rajendranagar.

ii.

The petitioner shall appear before the concerned SHO at 11:00 a.m., on every Monday for a period of eight (8) weeks, for the purpose of investigation and thereafter, as and when required.

iii.

The petitioner shall abide by the conditions stipulated in Section 483(2) of BNSS.

7.

Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is allowed. Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.

_______________ K. SUJANA, J Date: 15.12.2025 TU

THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.16056 2025 Date:15.12.2025 TU