THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.12478 of 2025

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 petitioners, who are arrayed as accused Nos.3 and 4 in Crime No.274 of 2025 before the Asifabad Police Station, Kumarambheem Asifabad District.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioners, who were arrayed as accused Nos.3 and 4 in the subject crime registered at Asifabad Police Station, were alleged to have participated in an incident on 18.08.2025, wherein the de facto complainant stated that he and his companions were assaulted near Thumpalli bridge by the accused persons armed with rods, stones, and deadly weapons, who also robbed them of Rs.1,80,000/- and threatened to kill them.

3. Heard Sri Rapolu Bhaskar, 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.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners were law-abiding students with no criminal history and were not even present at the scene of offence an