THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 4611 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhitha, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking bail to the petitioner/accused No.7 in Crime No.236 of 2025 on the file of the P.S. L.B.Nagar, Ranga Reddy District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 178, 179, 180, 182, 318(4) and

61(2) of BNS.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 13.03.2025, the police received credible information through a source that 6 to 7 persons were coming to exchange counterfeit Indian currency at 1:4 ratio and fake gold biscuits in front of Mc.Donald's, near Chinthalakunta X Road, L.B. Nagar. Believing the information to be reliable, superior officers made a GD entry and observed seven persons gathered and moving suspiciously. They then concealed their presence, kept watch on the suspected individuals, and apprehended petitioner and other accused and seized counterfeit currency. Basing on the same, Crime No.236 of

2025 was registered.

3. Heard Mr.R.Sai Sumanth, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Syed Yasar Mamoon, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respo