IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.458 of 2026 DATE: 22.01.2026 Between:

Mekala Prashanth …. Petitioner/Accused AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad.

…. Respondent

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.353 of 2025 of Adilabad I-Town Police Station, Adilabad District, registered for the offence punishable under Section 319(2) of BNS.

2. Heard Sri S. Ravi Kiran Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent – State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is not arrayed as accused. It is further submitted that though his name is not mentioned by the de-facto complainant in the complaint, the police are calling the petitioner herein again and again and there is a threat of arrest against the petitioner, as such, he prayed the Court to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner by allowing this crimin