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Gorla Srishailam v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC4 Dec 2025CRLP/16000/2025

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What is this about?

Police constable sought quashing of proceedings in C.C.No.651/2025 under Sections 78 and 351(2) BNS. The High Court declined to quash, holding the issues must be decided by the trial court after full-fledged trial, but dispensed with his personal appearance subject to representation through counsel on every hearing date.

What did the court decide?

Quashing refused; personal appearance of the petitioner/accused in C.C.No.651/2025 dispensed with, subject to appearance when specifically required and representation by counsel on all hearing dates.

Gorla Srishailam Vs The State of Telangana — Quashing and FIR | Telangana HC (2025)

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IN THE HIGH COURT^{FORTHE STATEOF TELANGANA} AT HYDERABAD

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THURSDAY, THE^{FOURTHDAY OF DECEMBER} TWO THOUSAND^{AND TWENTYFIVE}

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PRESENT

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THE HON'BLE SRI^{JUSTICE J. SREENIVASRAO}

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CRIMINAL PETITION^{NO: 16000 0F 2025}

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Between:

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GorlaSrishailam,s/o.somaiah,Agedabout2gyears,Occ:BattalionPolice Constabte, Rl/o.H.No.4-3'1 ,^{Kadaparti, Nakrekal, Nalgonda, NalgondaDistrict'}

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...Petitioner/Accused

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AND

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1 The State of Telangana,^{Rep by its PublicProsecutor High CourtBuildings'} Hyderabad.

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2 Silt^pogrfu Umarani,^{W/o.Sekhar'Aged about 30 years,Occ: Housewife'} R/o. Ro"aO No^{1, Abbasia Colony'Neir Lucky Bakery, DVK Road' Nalgonda} Town, Nalgonda District.

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...Respondents

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PetitionunderSection52BofBNSSprayingthatinthecircumstances StatedinthelvlemorandumofGroundsofCriminalPetrtion'theHighCourtmay L" pr.u."o to^{quash the criminal proceedingsagainst the petjtionerin} cc.No.651/2025^{on the file of the Judicial First class Magistrate at Nalgonda,in} the interest of^justice.

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l.A. NO: 1OF 2025

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PetitionunderSection52BofBNSSprayingthatinthecircumstances statedintheMemorandumofGroundsofcriminalPetition,theHighcourtmay O" pi"r."O to stay^{of all further proceedings includingappearanceof. the} petiiioner in CC.No.65'l/2025 on the iile of the Judicial^{First Class Magistrateat} t,taigonda pending^{disposal of the Criminal Petition,in the interest of iustice'}

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This Petition coming^{on for hearing,upon perusing the Memorandumof} Grounds of Criminal^{Petiti5n andupon heiring the argumentsof Mr'.Harikish.an} XuOif<ata, Advocate^{for the Petitionerand the Mr' JithenderRaoVeeramalla'} Additional Public^{Prosecutor on behalf of the RespondentNo.1 and None} Appeared for the^{ResPondent No.2.}

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The Court made the^{following:ORDER}

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF T]'I,ANGANA AT HYDERABAD

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREEN]V-AS RAO

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CRIMINAL PETITION No.1600O of 2Q25

Date: O4.12.2025

Between:

Gorla Srishail:rm

...Petitioner

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The State ol Tclangana, Represented lrY rls PLLblic Prosec\rtor High Court lor- thc State of Telangana, At Hvderabad ancl ernother.

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. . . Elespondents

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ORDER:

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This Clrinrin:rl Pctjtion is liled seekirtg to quiL:,h thc crimin:rl pror:t'edines in C.(l.No.6lr1 ol- 202:r on thc llk rl the lt:arncd Judicial First Cii.Lss l"4ilgistral(', Nahonda, u'hereirr th.' petrtionel is zrrrayed trs ircr:rrseri lirr thc ollcnccs purtishablc undt'r- Scctions 78, 35i (2) ol tl.rc [Jharativa N1,ar':r Sanhith:r, 2023 (ior s hort 'l3NS)

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Heartl Mr. Ilarikishan Kudikal.i, Iearned co rnscI for the petitioner ancl Mr. Jithendar Rao Vceramalla, leirr-nt:d Additional Public Prosccutor appearing hrr respondcnt No. I / Si atc

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Thougl'r the lezrrncd counsel has raised sc,rcral grounds seeking to quash tl-rc procecdings in C.C.No.65l o[ 2025, this Courl is not inclincd to quasl-r the proceedings on h.t: ground that

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the issues raised by the pctitioncr has to be adjudicatcd^and decidcd by the trial Cor:rt :iftcr the full-fledged trial. Petitioner^is lhe battalion police constablc.

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1'ziking it'tto consicleration of his employmcnt, the^prescnccol the pe t itione r/ accusccl in C.C.No.65 1 of 2025; on^the filc of^thc learned .Judicial First Clerss Magistrate, Nalgonda, is^dispenscd u,ith. Hou,ever, petitioner sltall appear before the^{[rial Court} whcncvcr his pr-escrrcc is specifically re<luired .rnd he shall^be reprcscnted b. I-tis cor:nscl on cach and^{evctn datc of hcaring ln} r:asc oI tron-appearan('(' on an]r date^{u'hich is specificallv rcquircd,} thc tltrl Court is entrtled to ltrocccd rvith tlle^{matterin accordance} r.r'i th [.r,'i .

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with thc abovc saicl direction, this Crimir-ral Petition^is disposccl of

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Miscellancous :r1;plicat tons, if any,^{pcnding shallstand}

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closcd

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Sd/. MOMINA^MEHAR S TSTANT^REGISTRA

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//TRUE^COPY//

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ECTION^OFFICER

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To, 1. The Judicial^{First ClassMagistrateat} Police^Nalgonda Stat^lon;N lgonda District. 2. The Statio n House^{Officer, Nalgonda} High Court for e State of^Telanganaat

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J. Two CCs to the^{Public Prosecutor,} Hvderabad. [OUTI

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1. ijl'" cd;^{ril. Hlrikishan Kudikala' Advocate[oPUC]} 5. Two CD^CoPies

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DATED:0411212025

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CRLP.No.16000 of 2O2S

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Gorla Srishailam v. The State of Telangana

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