Uttam Saivarshith 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.17941 of 2025 7th DAY OF JANUARY 2026 Between:
Uttam Saivarshith, And others.
PETITIONERS AND The State of Telangana, Rep by PublicProsecutor, High Court forthe State of Telangana, at Hyderabad.
RESPONDENT ORAL ORDER This Criminal Petition is filed before this Court for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioners who are arrayed as accused Nos.5, 6 and 7 in Crime No.790 of 2025 before the Abdullapurmet Police Station, Rachakonda District. 2.
The prosecution case is that on 14.11.2025 at about 20:00 hours, the defacto complainant lodged a complaint
alleging that on 13.11.2025 at about 01:40 hours, his son Y. Sri Sundar Raghavendra, aged 26 years, received a phone call from his friend Ms. Aishwarya Mudiraj, who informed him that she was being harassed at Aara Crescent Resort, Sy.No.709, Koheda Village, Abdullapurmet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, and requested him to come for help. The complainant's son, accompanied by his friend Varaprasad @ Benny, went to the resort and when he attempted to rescue Ms. Aishwarya, the said persons assaulted him and his friend with cement pots, granite stones, knives, iron rods and other hard objects, causing grievous injuries including fracture of cheek bone, crack on nose, head injury and bleeding injuries. Varaprasad also sustained bleeding injuries, while Ms. Aishwarya's modesty was outraged and she suffered a fracture injury to her ankle.
The accused persons allegedly threatened them with dire consequences. The injured were shifted to Sunrise Hospital, Hayathnagar and later to Himalaya Hospital, Chintalkunta for better treatment. Based on the complaint, crime was registered against the accused.
punishable under Sections 118(1), 74, 351(2) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), treating the incident as involving unlawful assembly, assault with dangerous weapons, and outraging the modesty of a woman; however, the police authorities later amended the case to include Section 109 BNS.
3.
Heard Sri Venkat Reddy, learned counsel for petitioners, and Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the respondent - State.
4.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the names of the petitioners/accused are not reflected in the FIR and their implication is solely based on the alleged confession of co‐accused, which is inadmissible in evidence in the eye of law. He asserted that all the petitioners are students and if arrested, their future would be irreparably damaged. While advocating that the petitioners are willing to furnish sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of the Court, and undertake to abide by any conditions imposed,
he prayed the Court to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioners by allowing this Criminal Petition. 5.
Learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed the submissions made by learned counsel for petitioners, and contended that the allegations in the complaint disclose serious offences involving unlawful assembly, assault with dangerous weapons, and outraging the modesty of a woman, resulting in grievous injuries to the victims. He further contended that the investigation is at a crucial stage and custodial interrogation of the petitioners may be necessary to ascertain their role and involvement.
Therefore, he prayed the Court to dismiss the criminal petition.
6.
Having regard to the rival submissions and material on record, it is noted that the allegations leveled against these petitioners is that along with other accused they attacked victims due to which one of the victims sustained grievous injuries, whereas, it is seen that the victims named only A2 to A4 in their statements, and there are no
other specific set of allegations leveled against these petitioners, either by victims, or complainant. Therefore, this Court deems it fit to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioners subject to the following conditions: i.
The petitioners shall surrender before the Station House Officer, Abdullapurmet Police Station, Rachakonda District, within two weeks from today, and on such surrender, the said Station House Officer shall release them on bail on executing a personal bond for Rs.25,000/-, each, with two sureties, for the like sum each.
ii.
The petitioners shall abide by the other conditions stipulated in Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and cooperate with the Investigating Officer in investigating the case.
iii.
The petitioners shall appear before the concerned Investigating Officer on every Monday between 09:00 a.m, and 05:00 p.m., for a period of eight 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: 07.01.2026 PT
THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.17941 of 2025 DATE: 07.01.2026 PT