THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.10710 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 petitioner, who is arrayed as accused No.2 in Crime No.55 of 2025 of CCS, DD Police Station, Hyderabad.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 26.04.2025 the de-facto complainant lodged a complaint stating that a common acquaintance introduced her to one Kotamarthi Nageshwara Sharma in May, 2022, who introduced himself as the Manager of SBI Stressed Assets Branch, Koti. The said person approached her multiple times stating that he had a good investment proposal, knowing that her daughter is living in abroad. To secure the investment, he used to frequently visit the house of her sister, P. Vinoda, on one pretext or the other and tried to convince her regarding the said investment proposal, promising very good returns. Basing on the same, as the said properties were in prime areas, i.e., Himayathnagar, Tarnaka, D.D. Colony and Banjara Hills, she started paying him money for the purchase of the said auction properties and he also stated that the bank was au