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Lasetti Ravi Kumar v. The State of Telangana

Anticipatory bail – Section 482 BNSS

Telangana HC3 Jul 2025CRLP/7867/2025

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Anticipatory bail petition under Section 482 BNSS in a cheating-related FIR. Noting offences carried less than seven years' imprisonment, the court directed the petitioner to appear before the investigation officer by a fixed date and required compliance with Section 35(3) BNSS and Arnesh Kumar guidelines.

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Lasetti Ravi Kumar Vs The State of Telangana — Quashing and FIR | Telangana HC (2025)

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IN THE HIGH GOURT FOR^{THE STATE OF TELANGANA} AT HYDERABAD

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THURSDAY, THE THIRD^{DAYOF JULY} TWO THOUSAND AND^TWENTYFIVE

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE SRI^{JUSTICEJ SREENIVAS RAO}

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GRIMINAL PETITION NO:^{7867 OF 2025}

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Between:

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Lasetti Ravi Kumar, S/o Rajanna, age-⁴⁰ years, Occu. business, R/o H.No.11-13, P and T Colony, Dilsukhnagar, Saroornagar, Ranga Reddy District.

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...Petitioner/Accused

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AND

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The State of Telangana,^{Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of} ' Telangana, at^HYderabad.

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... RespondenUComPlainant

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Petition under Section^{482 of BNSS pmyingthat in the circumstances} stated in the Memorandum^{of Groundsof criminalPetition,the High courtmay} be pleased to^{grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner directing to policeto enlarge} the' petitioner^-on bail^{in the'eventof his arrest in cr.No. 61 ol 2025, Dt-} 28.05.2025 of Zaheerabad^{Rurat P.S-, Sanga ReddyDistrict'}

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This Petition coming on^{for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandumof} Grounds of Criminal Petition^{and upon hearing thearguments of} Sri Y Hema Chander,^{Advocatefor the Petitionerand Sri Syed YasarMamoon,} Additional Public^{Prosecutoron behalfof the Respondent'}

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The Court made^{the following: ORDER}

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TIIE I IC],I OI]RABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREINIYAS I{AO Criminal Petition No.7 867 of 202i;

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O rd er:

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l-hir;⁽ r rninal Petition is filed by the petitioncr/ac:use j. seeking anticipatorr brr'l under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. l0-l i ll]\SS). in connecrion with Crimc No. jl o1- l(25 on the file ol Zaheer'a^, r I Police Station, Sangareddy District. reg ister ed for the . offence prurisl:al [c under Section 318 (4), 351 (2) of ihe f]harativa Nyar,a Sanhita. l,)23 (loL short 'BNS').

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Hea ri N [: . Y. Herna Chander, learned counsel for the retitioner. and Mr.Slerl^y r sal Mamoon, leamed Additional )ublic Frosecutor appearing lirr r. sJ ondent No.l/State.

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Durinr: trj course of hearing, it is brought to the notice of tliis Court that^ilrl ,. 1'f^jnces leveled against the petitioner is punish rble with an irrprisoruler 1 ,rf less than seven years.

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ln^yi,3r,,, r:1 the same, without going into the mer.ils oi tl.re :asc. this Courl deen'.s it ap propriate to direct the petitioner to ,qrpc ar b:fore the investigation :r1 r.:cl on or before 10.07.2025. On such appt:ararce olthe petitioner, trr: ir.r r:stigation officer is directed to scruptrlou:rl_v frrllow the procedure corrti:nrrlated under Section 4l-A of'the crirnir.ral p rooedure

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Code, 1973 (Cr.P.C.)/Section 35(3) of BNSS and rhe guidelines issued

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by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Biharr.

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It is made clear that the petitioner/accused shall cooperate with the investigation officer for the investigarion and make himself available to him as and when required and also provide the infonnation/ documents as sought by him to conclude the investigation.

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If the petitioner/accused fails to cooperate with the investigation officer for investigation, the investigation officer is at libert_v to take action against him in accordance with [aw.

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