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Court : High Court for the State of Telangana
Case No : Criminal Petition No. 458 of 2026
Judges: THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE K. SUJANA
Parties : Mekala Prashanth Versus The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, Hyderabad
Appearing Advocates : For the Petitioner: Soma Ravi Kiran Reddy, Advocate. For the Respondent: Public Prosecutor.
Date of Judgment : 22-01-2026
Head Note :-
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 - Section 482 -
Judgment :-

1. 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 in Crime No.353 of 2025 of Adilabad I-Town Police Station, Adilabad District, registered for the offence punishable under Section 319(2) of BNS.

2. Heard Sri S. Ravi Kiran Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent – State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is not arrayed as accused. It is further submitted that though his name is not mentioned by the de-facto complainant in the complaint, the police are calling the petitioner herein again and again and there is a threat of arrest against the petitioner, as such, he prayed the Court to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner by allowing this criminal petition.

4. On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed the same stating that the petitioner is not arrayed as accused and the alleged offence is below seven years.

5. In view of the rival submissions made both the learned counsel, it appears that the petitioner herein is not arrayed as accused and if the allegation against the petitioner constitute offence under Section 319(2) of the BNS, this Court deems it appropriate to direct the petitioner/accused to appear before the Investigating Officer on or before 06.02.2025 between 11:00 a.m. and 05:00 p.m. and in turn the Investigating Officer is directed to follow the procedure laid down under Section 41-A Cr.P.C. and also the guidelines formulated by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar ((2014) 8 SCC 273) scrupulously. However, the petitioner shall co-operate with the Investigating Officer as and when required by furnishing information and documents as sought by him in concluding the investigation. The petitioner/accused shall file all the documents, which he ought to file to prove that it do not come under the criminal offences and the Investigating Officer shall consider the same before filing appropriate report before the Magistrate.

6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of.

Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall also stand closed.
 
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