Dismissed

Boda Srikanth v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC11 Apr 2023CRLP/3276/2023

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The High Court dismissed a criminal petition seeking bail enlargement for an accused charged with murder under Section 302 IPC. The court rejected the plea given the strong circumstantial evidence of conspiracy involving insurance fraud and the delayed detection of the crime, finding it inappropriate to release the petitioner at this stage.

What did the court decide?

Criminal Petition for bail enlargement is dismissed with directions to close other pending petitions.

Boda Srikanth Vs The State of Telangana — Quashing and FIR | Telangana HC (2023)

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

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TUESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY THREE

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE Dr. JUSTICE G.RADHA RAN|

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CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3276 OF 2023

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Between:

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Boda Srikanth, S/o Ramchandrg, aget about 29 years, business, r/o Flat No.203, Sri Vishnu sJrresta Residency, Bachupaily, Hyderab5d, Nitive of eoba rninoa, n/o iirri Vrllage, Chennarapopet Mandal, Warangal Rural District.

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...PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO.1

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AND

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The Sta.te of Telangana. through Police Station Shadnagar, District Cyberabad, rep by Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad.

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...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT

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Petition .under Section 482 oI Cr.p.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal petition, the High court may be pleased to release the petitioner No.1 herein on bail in Crime. No. 1OO5 ot 2021 Daled.23l1212021 , ol Police Station Shadnagar, District Cyberabad.

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This Petition coming on for hearing,upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of sri. s.C'HAN DRAS EKHAR, Advocate for the petitioner and of the Additional public Prosecutor for the State of Telangana on behalf of the Respondent.

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The Court made the following: ORDER

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('RIMlN.Al. I'}E'II'ilON No.-127(r ol' 2(r23

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I hi.^'r-inrinal Pe'tition is lllccl [., r rccr-tsed Ni>.1 the 1-,ti ili.r,,'r

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lLncle l Sccti,r r^,l l7 &^.139 ol^('r.P.('. to rclctrsc rh,j pc1 tio rcr on bail in C'rinrc No I Xt5 of 202 I ol' Shaclnarrar I)olice St:r.ior . Oi'berabad I)istricr re*i: !-red fbl thc ollcnct-s Lrndcr Sccrir,ns^j0_ . I (-) l. l2r.)-il rcad rr itlr St'cli.rn l.l o1'lndirn I)cnal Cocic. 1860 tli,, sirt,rr^'Ipr-")

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I he ase o1- the prosccution irr brrel \.rs rlrar rrn .ll.l 1.102 I at

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9:0() AV. l)r lice Constablc 11487 ol'I)S Shaclnagar it de,:d a report in thc l)olice S ation staling thet w,hilc he elorrg u.it]r rlomc Guard 180 W Cl-! Pcrfirrr rirre []luc (lolt dutr at Shadnusirr. rc((:i\ie( inlirrmation abor t an [rnl nora'n vchicle hitting a pedestrian procc,:,linrl on the road torvards !lo1 iligidda Village lrom Shadnagar. resulling u,hich he died on thc spcL. On the said inlormation, he rushcd ro llr(. spot and lound tlic body o1'z rrralc pcrson, agcd about 35 ycars

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l. l. []asir -,, on the saici report, a crirne was 1e-qrsl( r.Ld irritially unde r Section l(U- \ ot'Il'(-' rnd Scction 187 o1' .1\ Acr.^-he police made cllbrls to l:nt w the details o['thc deceascd on the bas :; olrhe pAN card

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loundonhisbodyanddetailsofllisaddrcsstnerltionedinitand inlormed the death^{ol the clcceased to his lanrily menlbers.The wile} and brother ol^{the deceascd identilledthc deadbodl' ol the deceased.} The post mortem^{examination u'as cotrducted As per the PME report'} the death of^{the deceascdrras "duc to n.rultiple injurieswith alcoholic} intoxication."

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2.2. During^{the enquirywith the ivile and cousin brother of the} deceased, the^{Policesuspcctedtltc involvet.uent of the ernployer of the} deceased by^{name Srikanth as tllere were some financial clashes} between them.^{On verifying the call data record of the deceasedand} suspected Srikanth,^{the Sl of'Police of'PS Shadnagarfoundthat both} the phone^{numbers were switched off in the same locationon} 22.12.2021^{and laterthe phone of Srikanth was switched on for a few} days. Due to^{the said suspicious circumstance,the SI made efforts to} apprehend the^{suspectSrikanth (Al)andapprehendedhim on} 08.01.2023 at^{Mallampet,Bachupalty, Hyderabadat his residence'On} interrogation, Al^{confessedthat he along withthree others i'e'' A2 to} 44 committed^{the murder of the deceasedto claiminsuranceamount of}

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ll:i.51).(){)^(l()i' alrd tt it'ti tc: sltorr it as an acciri.,lI -ir,illlt .1.h,, ptlllcc t trt rrldeil lti: ()nl.\sionll patr)chanarna and se i./:d lris inohilc phorr..

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lllrsrirt I rrn the slrtl inr csti-eation, the Sc,..Lir,n ,rl lrrr, was altered t) orr1 $q.!-rrr11 104-r\ o1'IPC arrd Scction lg7,rl- \tr. \ct to St-.ctions 3(ll. l0l, tl^,-il rcad \,irh Scction i4 ol-lp(. .\l r,,r ,-1 werc also arrcsted on 0! 0l .1023 at the instancc olA I L J lcetl tlte lcarncrl counscl lbr the PC j1i11i.,,. 1 \ i lrnci the lear-.cd ,<ldiL rrral I)ublic prosccutor. lbr the rc_sl,ondcrr S Iltc-

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'Iltc lt rr.ned counsel lbr Lhe petitioner suirr:itrctl rhat [)o]icc initialll' rc-qist rcd rhe case under Section 304- \ ,rr' Ipc. .rnd Secrron I87 of the lr{ Act. Afler two 1,ears without anv t lLr is :rroncously altcrccl the Sec ion of'Iaw. rnaking allcgation thai rhe Fcritioner/AIand thlec other.s r rrnmitted the murder of the dcceasecl ,)uring the posttnortcnt tt: doctor did not observe any injuries on ;he dead body of the deceaser rvith any blunt weapon. The wilb ol.tter clcreasecl had not suspected ny loul play in the death of the deccirst:d rn the ygsrl0l I I p^.titioncr/A I pur.chased a house in th: ,ar,e of the ^e dcceascd.^'l'lte v:le ol the dcceased and hcr rclativcs <li,n antle.d nronev

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fi'om Al in relation^{to the said house antl u'hen the petitioner/A I was}

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not ready to^give the^{said aruount. thel lbisteda lalsc casc against thc} petitioner/Al and impticated^{Ilirn in the prcscntcrinlinal caseAs per} the remand case^{dairy, a life insurance policy rvas takcn by the} petitioner/Al in the name^{of the deceasedshorving the petitioner/Alas} his nominee, but^{the petitioner/At did not know about the said policy} detaits. Though the^{incident occutrcd in the year 202 I and policc} apprehended the^{petitioner/Alandothcrsorr 09.01 1023, so far, the so} called insurance amount^{was not rcalizcd by anybody. It itself would} reveal that the^{petitioner/A I was not at all arvare aboutthe nomination} of the said policy.^{Theinvestigation r'vas completedby examiningl8} witnesses. The earlier^{two bail applicationsfiled by A 1 were} dismissed by the IX^{Additional District &SessionsJudge-cum-} Metropolitan Sessions^{Judge, L.B.Nagar, Ranga ReddyDistrict vide} Crl.M.P.No.212 of^{2023 and Crt.M.P.No.584of 2023 on the ground} that investigation^{was still pending. The petitionerwas havinga wife} and two minor children.^{His fathcr was sufferingwithill-heatth.Due} to his incarceration,^{the entire family was sufferingwithmental agony} and prayed to^{'enlarge the petitioner on bail'}

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5 I he lc -rr ncd n dclitional Public Prosecutor oppr,secl crant ol'bail 1() 1lr. l).t tiL,r r. sLating tltat tlle ltctitioDer i.,, as lnr ol il the nr U |d!-r ol llrc (l!crirri.cl uhiclt rrtr:, pL ti>ltablr-- rirth clclrrit or.inrpr sonntallt ti)r lilc nrtl plrr:^j to disnriss the petiLion

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I)e r r:,r c1 Lhe rccolcl. As per thc remaltd case rli.Ln ol',,\ I ro A4 datcd 0().t) l -r ):ll. Al u,as involved in bank crcdit c.rr,l liaucls and hc al:o :o()l( thc Iile insurance policy in the name of t te clc:uas.-d lbr a sLrrn ,r1' l(:.t0 0t).()00 b1 rucntioning his nante ils n() t)lncL. rr ithoLrt thrkn.rrletl,e. tlre deceasc<l and in the ycar 202 l,1;Lrcl asrtl a hoLrse ar Nledipalli lir rvhich he applicd a homc loan on his rr i1.'5 r,riirne and afiel sarrctior ng ol- tlle ht rne loan due to ClBll. elll:c-. h: shiticd thc loarr rn the .a ne of the deceased and got registl.ltion .I thc house in the narne ol'th: r :ceased. He also purchased a Fold llnr e;Lvo. car bearing No.'l'S0iil{Nt 3o8 through finance from Bank ol Bar.ctlr in the name ol thc u ifc ol tl -, deccased, I)ue to some tlnancill i;sucs, ;\ I dccided to sell his l-ro-Ls, rvhich was registered on deceased rrd.rtr) ?,d asked the decersecl to d r thc agreement tbr selling the house. V/hen .he deceased relirsed to do so and dcmanded tbr a sum of Rs. I (),0l),rXl()/- from hirn. A I bore grud re on deceased and with the help of A2 to A,1 decicled to

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kill him and to create^{his deathas accident.to clainl lil'e insurancc ol} the deceased. As^{per their plan, Al to A4 atong rr,ith tl.rc deceasedleli} Llyderabad in a^{car bearingNo.TS08l{N8-168belongirrg to Alon} 22.12.2021 stating^{the deceasedthat thcy weregoing to do agreemcnt} of sale of the^{house by assuringhim to give an amount o[} Rs. 10,00,000/-^{aftcr complction ol agreernentandprocceded towards} Ghatkesar. They^{all consumedliquor and cameto Shadnagartownin} the mid night of^{22.12.2021.Aftcr confrrmingthat therc wereno} CCTVsonsuchroute,attheoutskirtsofl\4ogiligiddaVillage,tl.rcygot down from car for^{urinals and while the deceasedwas standing beside} the road for urinals,^{on the orders of 42, A3 had taken a hockey stick} from A4 which^{was ready in the car and beat the deccasedon his neck} due to which^{the deceasedfell unconsciousand At to 44 laid the body} ofthedeceasedontheroadwithanintentiontocreatehisdeathasroad accident by an^{unknown vehicle.}

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Considering^{the said allegationsfound againstthe petitioner/AI} intheremandcasediaryandthatthePolicewereabletodetectthe offence two^{years later basing on the call datarecordof the deceased} and Al and coming^{to krow about the financial transactionsbetween}

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Illc .r.'e.:.rs"'rl rrrd ,\ l. it is co.sidcred not flt to.elcas: trrc retitioncr/r\l

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orr l..Lil at thi slar.Lr,

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S. ln lt. r'r,'strlt. rhe pctilitrn rs dismissed

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Mrsc, ll.rneous pctitions pcnding, if any. shall sttnd closecl

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Sd/.MOHD.SAI{AI.,lLLAH ANSARI ASSIS- ANT REGISTRAR ..t

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//TRUE COPY//

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SEC^IION OFFICER

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The Judicia F st Class Magistrate, at Shadnagar, Cyberirbad. 2. The Station Hr rse Officer, P.S. Shadnagar. p.S.^{' -}

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Qne CC to firi l.Chandrasekhar, Advocite tOFUCt

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4 Two ccs to th^pubric prosecutor, High coirt rorifie sta:e of -i'erangana at Hyderabad iO iT)

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Two CD Cocre ;

HIGH COURT

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DATED:1110412O2'.1

ORDER

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CRLP.No.3276 of 20 13

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DISMISSING THE C IL.P.

Boda Srikanth v. The State of Telangana

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