40-day drive ends: Rachakonda declared 'NBW-free'; 2,847 warrants executed

HYDERABAD: In a major crackdown on long-pending criminal cases, Rachakonda police declared the commissionerate 'NBW-free' on Saturday after executing 2,847 non-bailable warrants (NBWs) over the past 40 days.

During the special drive, police also found that 52 of the accused were, in fact, deceased.Announcing this at a press conference, Rachakonda commissioner of police G Sudheer Babu said that of the 2,847 NBWs pending as of April 2025, police successfully executed 2,024 warrants. For the remaining 823 accused who could not be traced, the police filed requests in court to issue notices to their sureties and sought proclamation orders under sections 82 and 83 of CrPC and sections 84 and 85 of the new BNSS for property attachment.

" This special drive aimed to ensure accountability and restore the rule of law," the commissioner said.

Of the total NBWs, 1,408 were issued before 2023. In one notable case, the police traced an absconding accused - charged under the Pocso Act in 2016 - who was found to be serving a life sentence in a Nellore jail in Andhra Pradesh."Similarly, 14 other accused were discovered in jails across different locations, and those warrants were regularised by producing them in the respective courts," the commissioner added.

The drive also led to progress in pending trials. In four Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances related cases, where accused had been missing, trials have now resumed after the individuals were finally produced in court. The initiative, police said, was not just about clearing backlog but reinforcing integrity of justice system.