The High Court · 2025

lhe Stqtg of Telangana, Rep by its pubtic prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad Through SHO, Jagtial iown p.S., Jagtial. ...Petitioner/Accused No. 1 ...RespondenUDefacto Complainant Petition under Section 482 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the l\rlemorandum of Grounds of criminal petition, the High court may be pleased to direct the station House officer, Jagtial rown police station, Jagtial to enlarge the petitioner/A-1 on bail in connection with crime No.334 of 2025 in the event of arrest in the interest of justice. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri D Bhaskar Reddy, Advocate for the petitioner and sri Arun Kumar Doddla, Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following: ORDER _a-.-- THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SIU.ANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.tt764 of 2O2S ORDER: This Criminal pctirion is lllcd unclcr Sr-:.rron 4g2 of Rharatiya Nag:rrik Surirksh:r Sarrhita, 2023 (ktr ;irort ,BNSSJ ftrr grant of prr:-arrest bail to the pctitioner, u.ho is arr-a-ved as accused No. 1 rn Cr;mc No.334 of 20,25 ol .Jagtial ,l.orviL poiice Sr,:rtion, Jagtial Drstrict, rcgisterccl [or the ofi.encc.s punishablc under Sectior.rs 314, 316(S), 31tt(4), 338, 336(3t. ll40(2) and 61(1) reacl $ith 49 ot BNS.

2. The brief lircrs of the case are that, tnt: c)e.{acto cornplainant Lrdgecl a comltlainr on 26.O5.2O,,2,j bclorc thc Clircle InspecLor of Poli<:e, Jagtial To,"r,n, stating r ]rar there arc - fi nancial irregr-r lari ties in the monthly accounts o ,l.rc office of Superinlendent, DHe, Jagrial. It was founcl that IIA arrears ol certain stalf rrrcmbcrs had not been creciite.rl to their rr:spect.ive GPF accounts. Upon enquiry rvith U r ion Bank of India offici:rls and verification ol cheques, vou::lters, and cirallans, it wrLs revealed that thc petitioner, u.lro rs Record Assistant-cum-Bank Messenger at DHe, ,.taqLi:rl. hacl \w:..__-B 2 SKS,J Crl.P.No.11764 of 2025 tampcrcd u,ith ancl manipulated financial instruments issued rhe Superintendent- 'lhc petitioner allegcdly misapproprirl'.cd govcrnlncllt funds amounting to Rs.4,94,07, l62l- itt collusion *'ith bank officials' He admitted his involvcmcnt and rcpaid Rs.2,52'O7,9O2/ - Based on the said complaint, a case was registcrcd against him for the abovemcnt iotre,l offent t s

3. Heard Sri D. Bhaskar licddy, Iearncd counsel appearing on bchalf oi Lhe pctitioner as r'r'ell :ls Sri Arun Kumar Doddla' Iearnecl Adclrtional Public Prosccutor aPpcaring on behalf of the rcspondenf - Stale. I-earncd counscl lor thc petitioncr submitted thal the 4. petitioner is intloccnt and r"'as fatsely irnplicated in the case and lhat therc was a dclay in loclgir-rg lhe report and although the concerned zruthorities had comc to kt'tow about the matter in the year 2024 itself, no action hacl been taken by the de-facto complainant and that the petitioner had been threatened to confess, and as such, the authorities had forcibly recorded the statement. He further submitted that the pctitioncr had no involvement, and without taking action 3 SKS.J Crl. ) l{o.l 1764 of 2025 against tht or,her emplovecs u,ho rvcre allegeclh inrrrlvcd, thc IrCtitiolle r lritcl br:en madc :r scilpegoat und thrLt ti( st-ll).jcct llrcqttr:s lt:rc[ bcen isst.tccl b1, t]re Sr-rpct itterrrlclt lt-\' nrcnlioning, iLr:count numbcrs ol inopcrativc ac(.( L nt:i and thc clLleslion ol tlrc pe til,ioner rcceiving creditcd a{ll,)Lints into his regular a(collnts did not arise, which cle l r-ir. indicatecl c:r>llusion l-,('t\r.ccr.l the Supcrintcndent and thi l;ank offir:ials artd the rrr:liLioner had no connec[ion u,itl an\ of thc allcgatior-rs l'hercfore, he pr:rycd the Court to gr ilrlt p|c,ar-rcsr beil to the pr:titioner by allou.ing thrs criminal pcrrrLr)n.

5. On L[rt: other hand, thc learned Adti,rional pr-rblic Prosecutor r.chemently opposed lhe submissiour; mzrrle bv Lhc k:rrnecl co,..rnsel lor the petitioner, conlending tllLt tlrr:re u'crc si:rious al)e gations against thc petitioner, rvh tr h I:;td been admitteci b1, the petitioner himsclf through a l,)lter :Lr-rcl that aclmission u,as sufficient to establish his invol,cmcitt in the case and Lo idcntify him as thc person resp.rrsibl: jbr the misapproprialion of Rs.4,94,O7,162 l-. He furtn:r submitted that thc jnvcstigation u,as at a preliminary s : ge and that cLrstodial rntcrrogation of the petitioner \vas .:ssc.lttial lor I II 4 sKs,J ClI.P.No.11764 of 2025 furthcr progrcss. In view o[ the gravity ol the allegations, he prayed the Court Lo dismiss the crirnir-ral pe tition

6. In light of thc submissions m:rcle by both lcarned counscl and upon pcrusal ol the m:rtcrial avaiiable on record, it is noted that there arc gravc allegations against the petilioner regarding the misappropriation of a substantial amount and that thc pctitioncr hzrs alrc:rdy rcpzrid a major portion of thc misuscd funds, amounling to Rs.2,52,07 ,9O2 / , thereby admitting his guilt. Thercfore, it cannot be said that the petitioner is innoccr-rt or falsely' implicated. Considering the gravity of the allegations and thc ongoing stage of invesligation, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioncr. Hcnce, thc pelitiorl is liable to be dismissed. 7 . Accordingly, the criminal petition is dismisscd Miscellaneous applications, if any pe nding, shall stand closed Sd/. G. JYOTHI S TANT REGIS /iTRUE COPY// ECTION OFFICER To, 1 2 3 The lAdditional Judicial t\,4agistrate of First Class' J The Station House Officer, Jagtial Town Police Stati Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court for the St Hyderabad [OUT] a One CC to Sri D Bhaskar Reddy' Advocate IOPUC] 5. Two CD CoPies ,-, ABK'krrn f4tL , Jagtial ate of Telangana at : l ) HIGH COURT DATED: 2410912025 ORDER CRLP.No.11764 of 202s DISMISSING THE CRIIlIINAL PETITION rl )x 1,. lr: r<r 6 o; (- [6 NOl/ &5 '',1 1)c SDAI LtH EO ? .4, a