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Jarupula Mohan v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC1 Jul 2025CRLP/7678/2025

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What is this about?

Bail refused; common order dismissing Crl.P.Nos. 7672 and 7678 of 2025; Accused Nos. 2 to 9; Crime No.16 of 2025, P.S. Ibrahimpatnam, Jagtial District; Sections 111(3) & 318(4) BNS 2023; Section 66(D) IT Act 2000; Section 3 Telangana Gaming Act 1974; online cricket betting fraud (Kartikey/Kartikeya.com, POWER7777); complainant cheated of Rs.1,25,90,349/-; Rs.13,39,54,793/- received from victims across India (2022-2025); amounts transferred to petitioners' accounts; accused No.1 absconding; investigation in progress; gravity of offence; arrested 05.06.2025; Justice J. Sreenivas Rao; Telangana High Court.

What did the court decide?

Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, including the gravity of the online cricket-betting fraud offence, the court declined to grant bail to the petitioners/Accused Nos. 2 to 9.

Jarupula Mohan Vs The State of Telangana — Telangana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

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TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO

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CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7672 AND 7678 OF 2025

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CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7672 OF 2025

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Between:

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1 . Bantu Nithish, S/o Srinivas, age 23yrs, caste SC- Mala, Occ Agriculture, Fl/o H. No. 1- 168. Metla Chittapu(V), Metpalli (M).

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Banavath Naveen, S/o Lalu Singh age 23yrs, caste ST- Lambada, Occ Student, R/o H. No. 12- 432, Patimeedi Thanda (V), Metpalli.

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Guglavath Rajesh, S/o Chandulal, age 26yrs, caste ST- Lambada, Occ Pvt Job, Rrio H. No. 3- 85, Metla Chiftapur (V), Metpalli(M).

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Guglavath Sanjeev Kumar, S/o Gangadhar, age 25yrs, caste ST-Lambada, Occ Agriculture, Rlio H. No. 4- 129, ASR Thanda(V), Metpalli(M).

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...Petitioner/A-No.6 to I

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AND

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The State of Telangana, Through rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad. .

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...Res ponde nUCom pla in ant

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Petition under Section 483 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Cou( may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused No. 6 to 9 on bail in crime no. 16 of 2O25 of P. S, Ibrahimpatnam, Jagitial District and pass such other order or orders as this court deems fit and proper in the interest of justice.

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CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7678 OF 2025

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Between:

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Jarupula Mohan, S/o Lt. Shakriya Nayak, age 44 years, Occ Contract Job, caste ST- Lambada, Rlio H. No. 3- 81, Metla Chittapu(V), Metpalli(M).

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2- Jarupula Bharathi, Wo Mohan, age 27 years, caste ST Lambada, Occ Agriculture, Rl/o H. No. 3- 81, Metla Chiftapur Thanda(V), Metpalli(lv1).

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Bhukya Vijay Kumar, S/o Mohan, age 24yrs, caste ST Lambada, Occ Pvt Job, Fl/o H. No.7- 10, Manala (V), Rudrangi (M), Rajanna Siricilla(D).

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4 Bhukya Jyothi, W/o Lallu Nayak, age 32yrs, cast,: ST^{Lambada, Occ} Agricirlturei, Ri/o H. No. 5- 56, Thimmapur Thanda ('/), lbrahimpatnam(M), Jagtial District.

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...Petitioner/A.Nos.2 to 5

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AND

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The State of Telangana, Through rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad.

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...Resy:ondenUComplainant

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Petition under Section 483 of BNSS^praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused No. 2 to 5 on trail in crime no. 16 of 2025 of P. S, lbrahimpatnam, Jagitial District and pass sucl other order or orders as this court deems fit and^proper in the interest of iustice.

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This Petition coming on for hearing, upon^perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the argumerts of Sri VADAPALLY AGNI KUMAR, Advocate in Crl.P.No.7672 ot 2O25,Sri N.VENKATAIAH, Advocate in Cr1.P.7678 of 2025 for the Petitioners and Sri Syed Yasar Mamoon, the Additional Public Prosecutor (TG) on behalf of the Respondent.

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The Court made the following: ORDER

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THE HONOTIRABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREEMVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.7672 and⁷ 678 of 2025

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COMMONORDER:

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Since these criminal petitions are arising out of Crime No.l6 of 2025, these criminal petitions are heard together and^being disposed of by this common order.

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These Criminal Petitions are filed under Sections 480 and⁴⁸³ of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhitha, 2023^(for short 'BNSS')^seeking bail to the petitioners/accused Nos.2 to 9 in Crime No.16^{of 2025 on the} file of the P.S. Ibrahimpatnam, Jagtial District, registered for^the offences punishable under Sections lll (3), 318⁽⁴⁾ of^Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha,2O23^(for short^'BNS'), Section 66^{(D) of Information} Technology Act, 2000 (for short'IT Act') and Section 3^ofTelangana Gaming Act, 1974^(for short 'TG Act').

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Brief lacts of prosecution case is that on 27.01.2025^{the de} facto complainant lodged a complaint stating that he is a software^employee and while checking cricket scores on the "Cricket^{Line Guru"app,he} noticed advertisements for cricket betting displayed at the^{bottom of the} screen. The advertisements were promoted by Kartikey^Book

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(Kartikeya.com) and POWER^{7777 ard after unkn'lwinglyclicking on} the links, he^{was redirectedto whatsapp chats of )Grtikey and Power} online group,^{where they posted aboutonline gaming'The accused} provided various bank^{account details to depc sit money and to} participate in worldwide^{livegames and sportson treir website.Tlte de} facto^{complainant deposited large sum through multipletransactions by} trusting accused^{persons and won several games. Buthe never received} any payouts and^{concemed persons never run the group,delayed the} process assuring him^{that money will be deposited ;oon and thereby the} accused dishonestty^{cheated him and they defrauced him to a tune of} Rs.1,25,90,349l-.^{Basing upon the said complairrt above crime was} registered.

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Heard Mr.V.Agni^{Kumar, learnedcounsel tbr the petitionersin} Crl.P.No.7672 of^{2025, Mr.N.Venkataiah, leamed counsel for the} petitioners in Crl.P.No.7678^{of 2025 and Mr'SlcdYasar Mamoon,} leamed Additionat^{Public Prosecutor lor the respon dent-State'}

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5.Leamedcounselforthepetitionerssubmittedthatthepetitioners have not committed^{the of-lbnce and they were fa[:elyimpticated in the} above crime.^{Even accordingto the allegations mrtde in the complaint,}

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the ingredients of Section^{111 (3) of BNS are not attracted against the} petitioners. He further^{submittedthat initiallycrimewas registeredfor} the offences under Sections^{318 (a) of BNS and Section3 of TGAct'} later the police included^{SectionsI I 1(3) of BNS, Section66@) of the} IT Act, though the said^{sections are not attracted against the petitioners.} Even according to^{the remand casedairy, the entireallegationsare} levelled against the^{accused No.t only. The only allegation levelled} against accused^{Nos.2 to 6 is that accused No.l utilized their bank} accounts for the^{purposeof transferring the amounts.Insofar as accused} Nos.7 to 9 are^{concemed,the only allegation against them is that they} accompanied along^{with accusedNos.2 to 6. He furthersubmittedthat} petitioners were arrested^{on 05.06.2025and since then they were in} judicial custody. Alt the petitioners are^{belongingto a small village and} they are eking out^{their livelihood by doing agriculturework and also} private employment^{and they are not having any criminalantecederts'} He further submitted^{that the petitionersarereadyto cooperatewith the} investigation and^{also abide by the conditions,whichare going to be} imposed by this Court^{and hence, prayed for grant of bail'}

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Per contra, leamed^{AdditionatPublicProsecutorsubmitted that} petitioners have^{committedgrave offences and specific all,egations}

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levelled against the petitioners and accused No.l is that they received^a huge amount of Rs.13,39,54,7931- from the year 2022-2025, under^the banned game namely, cricket betting. In the hands^,rf the^petitioners and accused No.l, the de facto complainant invested the huge amount of Rs.1,25,90,349l-. He further submitted that the irvestigation is under progress and at this stage, if the petitioners are rt:leased on bail, they may tamper with the evidence and may threater the witnesses, and hence, prayed to dismiss the petition.

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Having considered the rival submissions made by the respective parties and after perusal of the material available on record, it reveals that the de facto complainant lodged a complaint on 27.01.2025 alleging that he paid an amount of Rs. t,25,90,349r-, under the guise of cricket betting and he has not received the amounts lrom the accused. on Basing on the said complaint, present crime was registered 25.01.2025, for the offences under Sections 318 (4) of BNS and Section 3 of TCi Act, later the police included Section I I t(3) of BNS and Section 66(D) of IT Act. During the course r f investigation, the investigating oflicer ought to know that petitioners and other accused have received huge amount of Rs. 13,39,54,793/-. from the de facto complainant and other victims across the lndia liom the^{year 2022-}

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T\e remand report further reveals that out of the said amoun!

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huge amounts were transferred to the accounts of the petitioners, and accused No.1 is absconding. Even according to the rearned Additional Public Prosecutor, investigation is under progress.

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Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and also gravity of the offence, this court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners.

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Accordingly, the Criminal petitions are dismissed.

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Miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand

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closed.

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Sd/. A. PRATHIMA PUTY REGISTRAR ECTION OFFICER

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To,

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The Judicial First^{Class Magistrateat Metpalli.} 2. The Station House^{Officer, lbrahimpatnamPoli} ce Station, Jagtial Dist. 3. ONE CC tO SRI^{VADAPALLY AGNI KUMAR' A} dvocate [OPUC] 4. Two CCs to the Public^{Prosecutor, High Court} for the State of Telangana^at Hyderabad [OUTI 5. Two CD Copies

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