THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.11780 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 is arrayed as accused Nos.1, 2, 3 and 6 in Crime No.118 of 2025 of Bazarhatnoor Police Station, Adilabad District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 109, 118(1), 296(b)

read with 3(5) of BNS.

2. The brief facts of the case are that, on 06.08.2025, the de-facto complainant lodged a complaint with the Police stating that on 05.08.2025 at around 08:00 hours, while she was cooking in her kitchen, Arjun, Gopichand, Kavitha, Usharsingh, Kallibai, and Laxmi approached her, accusing her of practicing black magic. Gopichand, Arjun, and Kavitha forcibly entered her house, dragged her out by her hair, verbally abused her in filthy language, and assaulted her with sticks, causing her to lose consciousness. She was then shifted to the house of Vinod. At that time, her husband Parushuram, uncle Mohan Singh, son Pavan Kumar, and aunt Chandrakala were present. The same group of villagers assaulted them with sticks and a button knife. Her