Dodla Gopi Krishna 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.16466 of 2025 DATE: 17.12.2025 Between:

Dodla Gopi Krishna .... Petitioner/ accused No.1 AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad.

.... Respondent/Complainant ORDER:

This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner/accused No.1 seeking enlargement on bail in C.C.No.84 of 2021 pending on the file of the learned Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Nampally, Hyderabad. The offences alleged are

punishable under Sections 406, 420 of the IPC and Section 5 of the TSPDFE Act.

2.

The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner herein was remanded to the judicial custody on 24.11.2025 on execution of NBW by the trial Court and this case is pertains to the year 2021 and the petitioner herein has filed the bail petition before the trial Court and the trial Court had dismissed the same, on the ground that, the petitioner is not attending the Court and due to the absence of the petitioner in C.C. which is of the year 2021 and is pending before the trial Court, the same was dismissed by the trial Court.

3.

Heard Sri B. Ramdas, 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 ready to cooperate with the trial Court and his non appearance before the trial Court is only because of his earlier counsel not communicated him the next date of

hearing before the trial Court, as such, he has not appeared before the trial Court and now he is ready to cooperate with the trial Court 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 C.C. is of the year 2021 and the Crime is of the year 2019. It is further stated that because of the petitioner herein, the trial Court is unable to proceed with the trial, which is pending for the last five years and if he is released on bail, he will not appear before the trial Court and he will hamper the proceeding in the trial Court and prayed to dismiss this petition.

6.

Having regard to the submissions made by both the learned counsel and the material on record, it appears that C.C. is of the year 2021 and the petitioner had not attended the trial Court in the year 2023. According to the petitioner, as there was no communication from his earlier counsel about the next date of hearing, he had not attended the trial Court. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, 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 Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Nampally, Hyderabad.

ii.

The petitioner shall appear before the trial Court on every adjournment and shall cooperate with the trial Court for disposal of the C.C.

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: 17.12.2025 TU

THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.16466 2025 Date:17.12.2025 TU