Kotagiri Ravi v. The State of Telanana and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
S.482 Cr.P.C. quashing petition dismissed by K. Surender, J. (10-03-2025, HC Telangana) in Crl.P. No.4601 of 2020. Petitioner/Accused No.5 (Kotagiri Ravi) in C.C.No.1175 of 2018, II Additional Junior Civil Judge, Karimnagar, charged under Sections 420, 465, 46A and 471 IPC and Section 5, AP Protection and Depositors of Financial Establishment Act, 2000, for allegedly acting as agent of Accused No.1 in a scheme collecting deposits promising to double them in two years (about Rs.4 crores handed to Accused No.1). Court held the agency/business-participation grievance is for the trial court; no quashal. Complainant-Respondent No.2 (Bathini Kanakaiah) notice returned unserved. Keywords: quashing of criminal proceedings, agent liability, deposit-mobilisation, financial establishments, Karimnagar.
What did the court decide?
The contention that the petitioner was not part of Accused No.1's business and acted only as an agent can be agitated before the court below; on the basis of that submission the proceedings against the petitioner cannot be quashed.