THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8417 of 2025

Order:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner/accused No.1, seeking regular bail under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), in connection with Crime No.412 of 2025 of Saroornagar Police Station, Rachakonda Commissionerate, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 376(2)(n), 354-

A and 506 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’).

2. Heard Mr.Y.Koteswar Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Syed Yasar Mamoon, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent/State.

3. The case of the prosecution in brief is that since 2020, the complainant was friend with petitioner/accused No.3, who in 2021 forcibly introduced her to her brother, Durga Prasad. He pressured the complainant to communicate with him and, when she refused, blackmailed her with morphed photos. Out of fear, she was forced to stay in contact with him. In August 2021, Durga Prasad came to the complainant’s home while she was alone, forcibly had sexual intercourse with her without her consent, and secretly recorded it. He then used the video to repeatedly blac