Bandi Ravi Kumar, 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.17147 of 2025 DATE: 29.12.2025 Between:

Bandi Ravi Kumar .... Petitioner/accused No.3 AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad, Through SHO, Town-IV Police Station, Nizamabad District.

.... Respondent/Complainant ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNSS') for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner, who is arrayed as accused No.3 in Crime No.309 of 2025 of Town- IV Police Station, Nizamabad District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 467, 406, 420, r/w 34 of the IPC.

2.

The case of the prosecution is that the de-facto complainant lodged a report before the police stating that accused No.1 informed the de-facto complainant that there is a land in Sy.No.440 for sale and requested the de-facto complainant to give Rs.5 lakhs amount in advance and he told accused No.1 to give surety for his money and he gave and he gave land as a surety and in total Rs.23 lakhs were given to the petitioner for registration of the land and he took the defacto complainant to accused Nos.2 and 3 and they gave him Xerox papers saying that the challan was paid and the complainant got suspicious and asked them to return his money and all the accused not co-operated with the de-facto complainant with the registration of land and gave bond paper and amount was also not given to the de-facto complainant. Hence, he requested for necessary action. Basing on the said complainant, the police registered a case for the above said offences.

3.

Heard Sri M. Vinay Kumar, 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 for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent of the said allegations and there are no such allegations against the petitioner herein to constitute any of the offences against the petitioner and whatever the allegations are against accused Nos.1 and 2 and all the amounts were given to accused Nos.1 and 2 and remand report also shows that accused No.2 created forged challan and there is no such allegation against the petitioner herein and prayed the Court to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner by allowing this criminal petition.

5.

On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed the submissions made by learned counsel for petitioner stating that the allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature and he also received amount from the de-facto complainant and he also involved in forging of the challan, therefore, the custodial interrogation of the petitioner is required for further investigation and prayed the Court to dismiss the Criminal Petition.

6.

In the light of the submissions made by both the learned counsel and on a perusal of the material available on record, the petitioner herein is arrayed as accused No.3 and

the allegation against him is that he is working in Meeseva Centre and basing on the assurance of the petitioner along with accused No.2, the de-facto complainant paid some amount to accused No.1 and to the petitioner herein and there is no such allegation against the petitioner herein, prima facie, to constitute the offence punishable under Section 467 of the IPC. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the allegations against the petitioner and also the investigation shows in the remand report, this Court deems it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner, subject to the following conditions:

i.

The petitioner shall surrender before the Station House Officer, Town- IV Police Station, Nizamabad District, within two weeks from today, and on such surrender, the said Station House Officer shall release him on bail on executing a personal bond for Rs.25,000/-, with two sureties, for the like sum each.

ii.

The petitioner 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.

iii.

The petitioner shall appear before the concerned Investigating Officer on every Monday between 09:00 a.m, and 05:00 p.m., for a period of 8 weeks or till the filing of the charge sheet, whichever is earlier, and thereafter, as and when required.

7.

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

_______________ K. SUJANA, J Date: 29.12.2025 TU

THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.17147 of 2025 Date: 29.12.2025 TU