IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.4538 OF 2026 DATE : 13.04.2026 Between:

Suresh Kodimala ….Petitioner/Accused AND The State of Telangana, Through P.S.Zaffargadh, Warangal District, Rep., by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana, At Hyderabad & another ….. Respondents : 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 in the event of his arrest in connection with Crime No.61 of 2026 of Zaffargadh Police Station, Warangal District. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Sections 296(b) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and under Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(1)(za) (C) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short ‘SC/ST Act’).

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 21.03.2026 at about 08:30 hours, when the complainant, Puli Sammaiah, an agriculturist and Sarpanch of Thimmapur village, along with other villagers, was discussing about arrangements for the Sri Rama Navami festival at the Gram Panchayat office, at that ti