Kodiganti Chandu v. The State of Telangana,
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: K. SUJANA
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2026-01-07. Kodiganti Chandu v. The State of Telangana,. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
[ 338s I IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY,THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 17704 OF 2025 Between: Kodrgantr Chandu, S/o Eshwarayya, aged 18 years, Occ Student (B Tech - 2nd year), R/o. It/ladhava Swamy Nagar Colony, Koliapur, Nagarkurnool Distnct. ... PETITIONER/ACC USED AND 1 The State of Telangana,, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad 2. The Station House Officer, Hayathnagar Police Station, Rachakonda. ... RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANTS Petition under Section 480 &483 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitroner / Accused on bail in conneclion with Crime No 1452 of 2025 on the file of the Hayathnagar Police Station, Rachakonda, by imposing terms and conditions, rn the interest of justice.
This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petrtion and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Dr. RAVI KUil/AR N ,Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri D. Arun Kumar,the Additional Public Prosecutor (TG) on behalf of the Respondents. The Court made the following: ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TI. LANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. ST JANA CRIMINAL PETITION lto. 17704 OF 2C 25 07. 01. 2026 Between: Kodigantr (l[-r:rndrr Pctitioner/Acc rse<l And Thc S latc o1 T'clang:rna, Rep. , by' Public Prosecu tor High Corrrt:lt [{-vdcrab:lcl &, :rnothcr ... Rcspondents/Co' plainants : ORDER: This crirnin:rl pctition is hled under Section 8O ik 483 ol Bbaratif ir Ntrgarik Suraksh:r Sanhita, 2023 (for sl'r :t 'BNSS') 1>-r' lhc pe tilionr:r,/Accused secking Iiis enlargemer t on bail in conneclion u'i1h Clrrrne No. 14. 52 ol 2O25 of Hayatl nagar Policc Station, Ilachzrkontla.
'i'hc olfences alleged against rre petitioner are under S<:ctior. rs 65(2) oi Bharativa Nyaya Sarrlr ta (for shorl 'BNS) ancl Sr:t:tion 5 r/u . fi ol POCSO Act. 2. Thc casr: o[ (he prosecution is that on 01. 0. 2O25 the conrplainant loclgr. cl a cornplaint stating that she - rd trvo sorrs zrnd one daughter- Her daughter, the victim agecl 1O \. rras ]'ears, studying in 6fi Class at Gautami School. The pctrtioner hcrein is hcr relativc iuho is agicd 20 years, a Ll. 'l'ech 2,,ri vcar stlldcnt:tr lr-r<iu Enginccring College, Mangalpalh. , residing in a hostel arrd originall-y lrom Madharva Swamy Nagar Colony, Kollapur, Nagarkurnool District, had once lallen ill altd was brought to their house lor trc? ttmcnt. Since then, he had been lrequentll visiting thcir home , On 28. 09. 2025, her younger son informed hcr that the victim and petitioner were sometimes going into the bt:droom and engziging in inappropriate behavior.
When she queslioncd her dzrugl'rter, shc revealcd Ll-raL during the summcr vacation of 2024, r,r'hen petitioncr haC visitcd tireir home, hc took her inlo the bcdroom and forcibly had scxual intercoursc u;itli her. Hc also rhreatened her not [o reveal the same to zrnt'onc. l'he victim further disclosed that petitioner had repeated the act t\ . o to threc more times when her parents werc out of home. Again, on 02. 08. 2025, during the birthday cclt:braLion of zr relative's son in their colony, peti[ioner took thc victim there and when no one \a,as present, he again had sexual intcrcoursc with her and threate ned to kill her if she reve aled it. Tlre complainant st. rted that petitioncr under the pretext ol bcing a relatrve, had rcpeatedly raped hcr minor daughter. I{ence, reqtrcstccl tlrc polir:c to take legaI actio against Lhc, accused basing on rvhich, police registered the r:ir r. againsr thc accuscd for tlrc abovt olfencr:s. 3. I{earcl I)r. N. R;rr. ,i Krrnt:rr, lcarrrcd counscl .
ppcaring frrr the pelitionr:r and Sr r D. ArLtn Kumar, learncd Ad:. tional ptrblic Prosccutor :tppcarir r g litr LIrl rcsponclcnt-Statc. 4. Thc contcnliorr oi lcrtrpct. l coupsel for the pct Lione:r is that petitioner is ir-r jail fun O4. lO. 2O2r and mat rial parL of investigation is alrcacir,' completecl cxcept filing ol harqe sheet. The petitioner is a rr'lative of complainant,s far Lily and thc victim being his sistt'r in lau. b]. rclatiot-r, thev r;ed to movc closely for functions ()r marriages. F-urther, this ir; ,t cooked up story and to commil t hc olli'nce, privacy is rcquir,: i. The series oi events does I'rot corroborirte to assume or prcsr mc that thc petitioner committcrl this olfence. F-urther, thc- nvestigation done is not [)roper. [)t. ritioncr is studying B. Tech t vear ancl is preparing for his ex:trrrs ancl i[ he is in continued i custody, it would affect his acadr:mic ycar.
The petitioner s I rll abide by any conditions that rnuly be imposeci by this Cou rl ancl pra]. ed this Court to grant baril to thc petitioner. I ) t \ { 5. On the other hand, learned Additional public prosecutor opposed bail stating that the allegation against the petitior-rer rs heinous in nature and investigarion is not yet completcd. As such, petitioner is not entitlcd for b. ril :rnd prayed to dismiss lhis prtrtion. 6. Consiclering the submissions made and a perusal of matcrial on record the allegatior-rs ag:rir-rst the petitioner are very heinous in natllre. Urrde r t hc guise of relati,". e the petttloner committed heinous ol'fence on a minor girl Consrdering the sevcrlty of allegations against the pctitioner, this-Cour[ is not inclined to grar]t bail to the petitioner and the same is liable to be dismissed. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed Miscellaneous petitions, if an-v, pending shall stand closed, SD/- M.
OSMAN ALI BAIG ASSISTANT RE R ,TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The XIV Additional tr4etropolitan IVagistrate, R. R. District At Hayathnagar' (with records if any) Distrtct' 2. The Station House Officer, Hayathnagat Police Station, Rachakonda 3. One CC to SRI Dr. RAVI KUIVIAR N, Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CCs to the PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad. [OUT] 5 Two CD Copies. AR/psl HIGH COURT DATED:071O112026 r . l S l4 6u' li ORDER tr . ) 1 tj E ,l UI1; ) 6)= ... CRLP. No. 17704 of 2O25 l. * ; Op * I I i l I I I I I I I I I { i I I DISMISSING THE CRL. P, I I ! t I a\a. b
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