IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.2994 OF 2026 DATE :16.03.2026 Between:

Pappula Rajashekar ….Petitioner/A.2 AND The State of Telangana, Rep., by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad, …..Respondent/Complainant :ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking the Court to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner/A.2 in the event of his arrest in connection with Crime No.220 of 2025 of Bejjanki Police Station, Siddipet District registered for the offences punishable under Sections 108 r/w. 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’).

2. The facts of the case are that on 21.12.2025, the complainant gave a complaint stating that his elder son Vadlakonda Sriharsha, aged 32, who ran a cloth business in Bejjanki, had borrowed Rs.13,00,000/- at 10% interest from five persons and handed it over to Palle Anil. Thereafter, the lenders continuously harassed and threatened him for repayment. On 16.12.2025, they abused and threatened him at his shop. Disturbed by this, Sriharsha became depressed and on 21.12.20