IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.4268 of 2026 DATE: 01.04.2026 Between:

Sanjay Prakash Jain. ...Petitioner/Accused No.5 AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad, Through INSP, ADMIN (DD), Hyderabad. ...Respondent/Complainant

O R D E R

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner/accused No.5 seeking to enlarge him on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest in connection with Crime No.179 of 2024 of INSP, ADMIN (DD), Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 406 and 420 read with 120b of the I.P.C.

2. Heard Sri Abhilash Sontake, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri M. Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent–

State.

3. Without going into the merits of the case, since the punishment prescribed for the offences alleged against the petitioner is less than seven (07) years, this Court deems it appropriate to direct the petitioner to appear before the Investigating Officer on or before 15.04.2026 between 11:00 a.m. and 05:00 p.m. and in turn, the Investigating Officer is directed to follow the procedure laid down under Section 35 (3) of BNSS (previously Section 41-A of Cr.P.C.) and also the guidelines formulated by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar, (2014) 8 SCC 273 scrupulously. However, the petitioner shall submit his defence and co-operate with the Investigating Officer as and when required by furnishing information and produce all relevant documents/material required for the purpose of the investigation and the Investigating Officer shall consider the same before filing appropriate report before the learned Magistrate concerned.

4. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of.

Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall also stand closed.

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K. SUJANA, J Date: 01.04.2026

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THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.4048 of 2026 Date: 30.03.2026 YVL