THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8605 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) seeking bail to the petitioner/accused in the event of his arrest in Crime No.469 of 2025 of Banjara Hills Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 64(1), 308(2) and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).

2. The case of prosecution in brief is that on 28.05.2025 at about 1730 hours, the de facto complainant lodged a complaint stating that the petitioner had contacted her on Facebook and introduced himself as a Urology Doctor at Osmania University College and on 15.08.2023, the petitioner asked her to meet him for coffee and later invited her to his house for lunch, where he drugged and physically assaulted her and when she woke up, she was naked and in a state of deep shock. Later, the petitioner blackmailed her, as a result of which she paid Rs.20 lakhs to him to safeguard herself and her family’s reputation. The petitioner further blackmailed her for Rs.1 Crore and also she is having a life threat in the hands of the petitioner. Hence, the com