IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.901 OF 2026 DATE :11.02.2026 Between :

Odepally Mahender … Petitioner/Accused And The State of Telangana, Through P.S.Miyapur, Through its Public Prosecutor High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad … Respondent : ORDER :

This criminal petition is filed under Section 480 & 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner/Accused seeking his enlargement on bail in connection with Crime No.1919 of 2025 of Miyapur Police Station, Cyberabad District. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Section 85, 126(2), 118(1) r/w.3 (5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and under Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

2. The facts of the case are that the defacto complainant lodged a complaint on 22.12.2025 before police stating that in the year 2019, she performed the marriage of her daughter, Odepally Kalyani, aged 28 years, with the petitioner who is working as software employee, in the presence of elders. At the time of marriage, they gave 20 tulas of gold and household articles as dowry. After the marriage, her daughter and son-in