THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.9618 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 in Crime No.10/RCT-ACB-RRR/2025 on the file of the ACB, Ranga Reddy Range, Telangana.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner, Sri K. Surender, Panchayat Secretary of Inmulnarva Village, Kothur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, was alleged to have demanded Rs.1,00,000/- and accepted Rs.50,000/- from a complainant in exchange for showing official favour by setting aside a construction-related notice. A case was registered by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) against him under Crime No.10/RCT-ACB-RRR/2025. On 25.07.2025, the petitioner allegedly accepted the bribe near Indiana Hotel, Shamshabad, and absconded in his Mahindra SUV, which was later recovered along with the bribe amount. The ACB press note dated 26.07.2025 stated that the petitioner was absconding. The petitioner came to know about the allegations through the press note, and the investigation by ACB was underway.

3. Heard Sri T. Srujan Kumar