THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL APPEAL No.45 of 2026 DATE: 28.04.2026 BETWEEN:

J. Nagakumari ….. Appellant/Third party And The State of Telangana ….. Respondent J U D G M E N T This Criminal Appeal is filed challenging the order dated

01.12.2025 passed in Crl.M.P.No.8 of 2025 in C.C.No.10 of 2020 by the Principal Special Judge for Trial of SPE & ACB Cases, Hyderabad.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the appellant, sister- in-law of the accused officer, filed the present petition seeking to set aside the interim attachment of properties listed in Annexure-VI of the seizure report and for their release in her favour. The case arises out of a disproportionate assets investigation by the Anti-Corruption Bureau against the accused officer, wherein certain properties standing in the name of the petitioner were attached on the allegation that they were benami assets acquired out of the accused’s ill- gotten wealth. The appellant contended that she independently acquired the said properties, including a residential flat, agricultural lands, bank balances, and documents, through her own lawful income, agricultural ea