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Tatikonda Abhishek v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC20 Aug 2025CRLP/10588/2025

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What is this about?

Petition to quash excise case under Section 34(a) Telangana Excise Act; counsel sought only a direction that police follow Section 35(3) BNSS arrest procedure. Court directed petitioner to appear before the Investigating Officer by 10.09.2025 and police to follow Arnesh Kumar guidelines; petition disposed.

What did the court decide?

Direction to petitioner to appear before IO by 10.09.2025 and to IO to follow S.35(3) BNSS and Arnesh Kumar guidelines.

Tatikonda Abhishek Vs The State of Telangana — Quashing and FIR | Telangana HC (2025)

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

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WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENW FIVE

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PRESENT

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THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVIEADA

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CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10588 OF 2025

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Between:

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Tatikonda Abhishek, S/o. T. Vinod, A,ge. 24^{years, Occ: Business,R/o.} Near^VN Goud Complex, Tandur, Vikarabad District.

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...Petitioner/A.(

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AND

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'1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad. Though S.H.O, P.S. Excise, Tandur

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C. Ravi Kumar, S/o. not known to the Petitioner,^{aged aboutnot known to the} Petitioner, Occ. Prohibition and Excise^{Sublnspector, O/o. TandurPolice} Station.

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...Respondents

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Petition under Section 528 of BNSS^praying thatⁱⁿ the^{circumstances} stated in the Memorandum of Grounds^{of Criminal Petition, the High Court may} be pleased to call for the records in COR.^{No.140oI 2025,dated.11-08-2025on} the file of Police Excise, Tandur^{PoliceStation, Vikarabad District and quashthe} sarne.

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l.A. NO:1 oF 2025

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Petition under Section 528 of^{BNSS praying that in} tlrc^{circumstanoes} stated in the Memorandum of Grounds^{of Criminal Petition, the HighCourtmay} be pleased to grant stay of all further^{proceedings includingthe arrest of the} Petitioner COR. No.140 o't 2025, dt.^{11.082025 on the file of PoliceExcise,} Tandur Police Station, Vikarabad District^{pending disposal of the above Criminal} Petition.

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This Petition coming on for hearing,^{upon perusingthe Memorandum of} Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon^{hearing the arguments of Mr. Vadeendra} Joshi, Advocate for the^{Petitionerand the M{. Jithender RaoVeeramalla,} Additional Public Prosecutor on^{behalf of the RespondentNo. taM None} Appeared for the Respondent^No.2.

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The Court made the following: ORDER

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-THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DE'l,^I EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.i0588 of^2' ll5

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ORDER:

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This criminal petition is filed seeking to^{quash the} proceedings in C.O.R. No.140 of 2O25 on the file o the Excise Police Station, Tandur, against the^{petitioner-accu;} rd No.4 for the offence under Section 34(a) of the Telangana Ex,; se Act.

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Heard Mr.Vadeendra Joshi, leamed cot nsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learn:l Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent No.1-State.

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Leamed counsel for the petitioner limited his

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arguments to the extent of giving a direction to the^p: ice to follow the procedure contemplated under Section 35 (3) of t te Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short^'BNSS')

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Leamed Additional Public Prosecutor^,ubmitted to

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pass appropriate orders in the petition.

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Perused the record.

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The offence alleged against the^petitiort :r in the FIR is under Section 34 (a) of Telangana Excise Act. ln he facts and circumstances of the case and considering the sub'.t ission of the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Court deems appropriate

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to direct the petitioner to appear before the lnvestigating Officer

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concerned on or before 10.09.2025 between¹ 1.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m., and in turn, the lnvestigating Officer is directed to follow the procedure laid down under Section 35 (3) of BNSS and the guidelines formulated by the Hon'ble Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Biharl scrupulously.^{However,the petitioner is} directed to co-operate with the lnvestigating^Officer and^to furnish the requisite information and documents as^{and when} required by him.

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Accordingly this Criminal Petition is disposed of with

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the above directions.

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Miscellaneous Petitions^{pending, if any, shall stand closed.}

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sD,-AHMEDABDHLEdTIHiI / 6

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SECTION^OFFICER

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HIGH COURT

DATED:2010812025

ORDER

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DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION ?* \ 'r-^rt

Tatikonda Abhishek v. The State of Telangana

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