THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.13589 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed before this Court for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner, who is arrayed as accused No.3 in connection with FIR.No.387 of 2025 before Narsampet Police Station, Warangal District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 118(1), 296(b) read with 3(5) of BNS, and Sections 3(1)(r)(s), 3(2)(va) of SC/ST (POA) Act. Thereafter, on instructions, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that the section of law was altered to Section 109, 296(b) read with 3(5) of BNS, and Sections 3(1)(r)(s), 3(2)(va) of SC/ST (POA) Act.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on October 12, 2025, Rayapuram Durga Prasad reported that on October 9, 2025, he was abused and attacked by Giragani Manidev, Cheekati Shivamani, Shalum, and Racharla Ranjith, along with two others, at Narsampet. The incident began when the accused abused him at a general store, and later, they called him and abused him over the phone. The next day, they attacked him at the Vegetable Market, using casteist slurs, beating him with a stone, and attempting to stab him with a knife, causing head inju