Disposed

Dr. Annam Sharath Reddy v. State of Telangana

Telangana HC11 Nov 2024CRLP/2702/2024

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

The High Court of Telangana, through an order dispensing with personal attendance, disposed of a criminal petition seeking quashing of proceedings against accused persons. The petitioners were allowed to file an affidavit confirming their counsel would not dispute the proceedings in their absence.

What did the court decide?

Dispensation of personal attendance of petitioners-accused; petition disposed of.

Dr. Annam Sharath Reddy Vs State of… — Constitutional and Fundamental Rights | Telangana HC (2024)

¶1

[^32se ]

¶2

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

¶3

MONDAY ,THE ELEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FOUR

¶4

PRESENT

¶5

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V. VENUGOPAL

¶6

CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2702 OF 2024

¶7

Between:

¶8

Dr. Annam Sharath Reddy, S/o. Sri. Annam Ram Reddy, Aged about 55 years, Director, Jvledicover Hospitals (A Unit of Sahrudaya Health Care Private Limited), Medicover Corporate Office, Dwarka One 4th Floor, Vittal Rao Nagar, Hitech City, Hyderabad, Telangana- 500081.

¶9

Mr Kattoji Swamy, S/o. Sri. K Pothuluri, Aged about 36 years, Qccupation. Center Head Medicover Hospitals (A Unit of Sahrudaya Health Clre Private Limited), Medicover Corporate Office, Dwarka One 4th Floor, Vittal Rao Nagar, Hitech City, Hyderabad, Telangana- 500081

¶10

Mr. Kocharlakota Venkat Naga Srinivas, S/o. Sri. lt Ramakrishna, Aged about 49 years, Occupation. Liasion Officer Medicover Hospitals (A Unit of Sahrudaya Health Care Private Limited), Medicover Corporate Office, Dwarka One 4th Floor, Vittal Rao Nagar, Hitech City, Hyderabad, Telangana- 500081

¶11

...Petitioners/Accused

¶12

AND

¶13

1 State of Telangana, Represented by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana.

¶14

) Drugs lnspector - Nizamabad (Urban), Mr. B. Praveen O/o. The Assistant Director, Drugs Control Administration, D.No. 6-2-413, 1'r Floor, Subhashnagar, Nizamabad - 503002.

¶15

...Respondents/Defacto Complainant

¶16

Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P .C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to pass appropriate order under section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 and be pleased to quash the Complaint vide CC. No. 62 o'f 2023 pending on the file of the First Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Nizamabad and set aside the proceedings against the Petitioners / Accused Nos.2 to 4 in CC. No.62 of 2023 lo meet the ends of .justice.

¶17

l.A. NO: 2 OF 2024

¶18

Petition under Section 482 ot Ci.p .C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant a stay of proceedings including stay of appearance against the Petitioners / Accused No.2 to 4 in cc. No. 62 of 2023 pendrng on the iile of the First Additional Judicial First class Magistrate, Nizamabad pending disposal of this present Quasn Petition in the interest of justice.

¶19

This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal Pdtition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri p. Kanthi Kiran, Advocate for Petitioners and sri Jithendar Rao Veeramalla, Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No. 1 and none appeared for the Respondent No 2

¶20

The Court made the following: ORDER

¶21

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V. VENUGOPAL CRTMINAL PETITION No.27O2 of 2024

¶22

ORDER:

¶23

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (for short 'BNSS) by the petitioners/accused Nos.2 to 4 seeking to^quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.62 of 2O23 on the file of the I Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Nizamabad registered for the olfences under section 18(a) (vi) of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 read with Rule 65(17) of the Drugs Rules, 1945, Section 1B(a)^(vi) of the act read with Rule 65(6), Rule 64(41^(3]r(i) & Rule 65(4)⁽ⁱ⁾ of the Rules, Section 18A, Section 1BB & Section 22(1) (cca) of the Act and are punishable under sections 27 (dl , section 28, section 28A & section 22(31 of the Act, and contravention of para 26 of Drugs Price Control Order(DPCO) 2013 read with section 3(2)^(c) & section^B of Essential Commodities^(EC) Act, 1955 and are punishable under section 7(i) (a) (ii) of EC Act.

¶24

Heard Sri !,Kanthi Kiran, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Jithendar Rao Veeramalla, learned

¶25

¶26

Additionai Public^{Prosecutor for respondent Nrr' l-State'} Perused the record.

¶27

J Learned counsel for^{the petitioners-accusedconfined} his prayer lo^{dispensewith the personalappearanceof} petitioners-Accused.

¶28

Considering the^{submissionof learned counsel for the} petitioners, the attendance^{of the petitioners-accused is} dispensed u'ith^{in C.C.No.62 of 2023 on the file of the I} Additionat Judicial^{First Class Magistrate, at Nizamabad'} when represented^{by theircounsel onrecord'The} attendance of^{the petitioners-accused is dispensedwith} subject to filing an^{affrdavitby the petitioners stating that} in their absence,^{the proceedingsconductedby their} counsel will not^{be disputed by them in any mannerand} shall not dispute their^{identityalso' However,the} petitioners-accused shall^{appear before thelearned} Magistrate as and^{whentheir presenceis required' In the} event of failure^{of the petitionersto appear when the Court} directs, this order^{dispensingwith their attendance shall}

stand cancelled.

----.-

I
7

Accordingly, the Criminal^{Petition is disposed of.}

¶34

Miscellaneous applications^{pending, ifany, shall}

stand closed.

//TRUE^COPY//

Sd/.^T . JAYASREE / ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

¶39

S TION OFFICER

¶40

To,

¶41

i r The r*o I ccs Additional^{to the Judrcial prb:['P;;;;;;. First Class YSgittl{3:N''amabadHidh court ii?ii"-st't" of relansanaat}

¶42

.. ryS:.Cg'gIBHE^{*'*n'Kiran' AdvocatetoPUCl} 4. Two^{CD CoPies}

Njb/gh

HIGH COUR'I

DATED: 11t11t2024

ORDER

CRLP.No.270,2 ot 2024

¶49

'1.
P.E 5 14 iA
('('
C 1 ! riil 7ili5 c
<br>

¶50

DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION

¶51

+*64 Yt@'1)

Dr. Annam Sharath Reddy v. State of Telangana

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Dr. Annam Sharath Reddy v. State of Telangana

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

What the court decided

A compact analysis

Statutes considered

Parties & counsel

Coram

Case details

Similar cases

P.Yallamma Vs Mrs. a.Shanti Kumari, IAS

O.Yadamma Vs Mrs. a.Shanti Kumari, IAS

Mohammed Ahmed Vs The State of Telangana

Thaduru Paramesh Vs The State of Telangana

S. Raja Rathnam, Vs the State of Ap Rep by Its Pp Hyd., and Another

Chinna Narsimhulu and 5 Others Vs State Of Telangana and another