THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8477 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhitha, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking anticipatory bail to the petitioners/accused Nos.3 and 4 in Crime No.10 of 2025 on the file of Cyber Crime P.S, Khammam, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 61(2), 238, 306, 316(5) and 318(4) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’), Sections 43(a), 43(i) and (j) r/w 65 and 66(D) of the Information Technology Act, 2008 (for short ‘IT Act’) and Sections 4 and 6 of the Telangana Gaming Act, 1974 (for short ‘TSGA’).

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 22.03.2025, the complainant, grandson of the victim, lodged a complaint stating that between 04.03.2025 and 16.03.2025, unknown fraudsters cheated his grandfather of Rs.11,49,000/- by making multiple transactions through his mobile phone without the knowledge of the victim or his family, and deleted the transactional messages. Accordingly, the present case was registered.

3. Heard Mr. Tarun Ram Aitham, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Syed Yasar Mamoon, learned Additional Public Prosecutor app