Kattaguru Ravi Teja v. The State of Telangana, Through SHO, Khanapuram Haveli PS,
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: K. SUJANA
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High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2025-12-17. Kattaguru Ravi Teja v. The State of Telangana, Through SHO, Khanapuram Haveli PS,. Read the...
Judgment text
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYOERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITIO N NO: 16422 0F 2025 Between: Kattaouru Ravi Teia, S/o. Kattaguru Saidutu, Aged. 2'1 years, occ Student' iit*E:i6''i-'e-i o? ,' elikdtidid'oi' t'lear Munrieru Bridi2e, Khammam citv and District. ... PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO. 2 AND The State of Telangana, Throuqh SHO, Khanapuram Haveli PS . Rep by -High ptj"oric'Floieculoi, court f"or the Siate of Telangana, At Hyderabad ... RESPONDENT PetitionunderSection4S2ofBNSSprayingthatinthecircumstances stated in the trilemorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition, the High court may on bail in the event of his oe enlarge the petitioner/Accused No 2 freas"o to ,rrJ. f in connection with C;.
No 360 of 2025 on the file of Khanapuram Haveli Folice Station, Khammam District and pass such other order/s as this Court may deem fit and propei in the circumstances of the case' This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminat Petition and upon hearing the arguments of SriB. Muralidhar,AdvocateforthePetitionerandSriD. ArunKumar,Additional for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad on behalf Public Prosecutor, High Court of the Respondent. The Gourt made the following: ORDER: ) IN TTTE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TEI,, \NGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SU. I TNA c CRIMINAL PETI TION No. 16422 of2O2 DATE:17. 12. 2o. 25 Between: Kattagu ru Ravi Tej a Petitiont r /Accused No. 2 AND The State of Telangana, Through SHO, Khanapruranr llaveli PS, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, 'lelangana, High Court lor the State rrl at Hyderabad.
Respon I :nt ORDER 'fhis Criminal Petilion is hled under S ( ction 482 a 202 3 (for short Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, ieeking to 'BNSS) petitioner/ accused . by the proposed event of enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail in tl e his arrest in connection tith Crime No. 36O f 2025 of ' Khanapur Haveli Police Station, Khammam District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c) read with 2O(bXii)(A) and 27(b\ of NDPS Act. 2. Heard Sri B. Muralidhar, 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. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent, and that the alleged contraband seized, i. e. , 2lO grams of galja, is a small quantity. He further submitted that all the alleged offences are punishable u'ith imprisonment of less than seven years, and therefore, prayed the Court to allou, the criminal petition. 4.
On the other hand, learned Additional Public a. Prosecutor submitted that all the other accused involved in this crime were served with notice under Section 3s(3) Cr. P. C. , but the present petitioner was absconding, and therefore no notice could be served upon him. d 5. Considering the submissions of both learrr' counsel and upon perusal of the material on record, it i ;observed that all the alleged offences against the pe. i . ioner are punishable w'ith imprisonment of less than sever years. . 07) to Hence, this Court deems it appropriate lirect the I I t petitioner to appear before the Investigating Of icer on or I r before 31. 12. 2025 between 11:00 a. m. and O5:[tt p. m. and in turn, the Investigating Officer is directed to follow the procedure laid down under Section 35(3) of BNSS (previously Section 41 A of Cr. P. C. ) and also th': grridelines formulated by the Hon'ble Supreme Court : t Antesh Kumar a. Sto:te of Biharr scrupulously.
Hl tever, the petitioner shall submit his defense ald co-oper,l . e with the Investigating Ofhcer as arld when required b1 lurnishing information and produce all relevant. documer 1 s/ material required fdr the purpose of the investigatic'I and the Investigating Offrcer shall consider the same I :fore hling a appropriate report before the learned Magistrate concerned. '120r+1 8 scc zz: <i1. Jftn 6 Accordingly, the Criminal petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall also stand closed -r'. ') SD/. L. VIJAYA LAXMI SISTANT REGIST I //TRUE COPY// CTION OFFICER To, D-rugs of cases under Narcotic and Psychotropic 1 . The Sessions Judge for trial a;J;;"; ACi-drm- I Additional Sessions Judge, Khammam' 2- The Station House Officer, Khanapuram Haveli Police Station' Khammam District. 3. One CC to Sri. B. Muralidhar, Advocate [OPUC] +. TwoCCstothePublicProsecutor,HighcourtfortheStateofTelangana' Hyderabad [OUTI 5. Two CD CoPies. PSK \P SL I<s a !
HIGH COURT DATED: 1 7 11212025 HE -r i4 ,i '( 'v () -z J A'l 2[2h o ORDER t CRLP. No. 16422 ot 202i a- DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION :JK3 -+ /,be
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