IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.16203 OF 2025

09.01.2026 Between :

Mehtab Nawab Gani Shaikh … Petitioner/A.3 And The State of Telangana, Through SHO P.S.Hussainialam 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 by the petitioner/A.3 seeking anticipatory bail in connection with Crime No.193 of 2025 of Hussainialam Police Station, Hyderabad. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Sections 196 (1), 351(2), 352 and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’).

2. The facts of the case are that on 16.09.2025 at 6:30 PM, the complainant-S.I of Police lodged a complaint before police stating that earlier that day at 11:00 AM, he came across a video posted on the Instagram account "muzammil hyderabad and bnt news." In the video, an individual was seen near Charminar Bus Stand, Punch Mohalla, Hyderabad, using highly abusive and derogatory language during the Milad-Un-Nabi 2025 procession. The individual made inflammatory remarks that appeared to be a deliberat