IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.16059 of 2025

17th DAY OF DECEMBER 2025 Between:

Deekonda Harish.

PETITIONER The State of Telangana, rep by Public Prosecutor, Telangana, High Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad.

RESPONDENT

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner, who is arrayed as accused No.3 in Crime No.517 of 2025 before the Chilkalguda Police Station, Hyderabad.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the de facto complainant lodged a complaint against the petitioner and the other accused alleging that he had been blackmailed and extorted by certain persons who recorded his private videos and threatened to publish them unless he paid large sums of money. The complainant claimed to have transferred about Rs.66,00,000/- to the main accused, Mahesh Reddy. During investigation, the police arrested accused No.1 on 04.10.2025, and based on his alleged confession, the name of the petitioner was included in the case.

3. Heard Sri Shashank Garige, learned counsel for petition