Disposed

Gajawada Venkat Reddy v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC16 Apr 2025CRLP/5191/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Criminal petition under Section 528 BNSS seeking quashment of proceedings in Crime No.669 of 2024 under Sections 498-A and 504 IPC and the SC/ST (POA) Act. Without deciding merits, the court directed the petitioner to appear before the SHO within ten days, upon which notice under Section 35(3) BNSS shall be issued and Arnesh Kumar guidelines followed.

What did the court decide?

Petitioner directed to appear before SHO, Hayathnagar Police Station within 10 days; IO to issue Section 35(3) BNSS notice and follow Arnesh Kumar guidelines; petitioner to cooperate with investigatio

Gajawada Venkat Reddy Vs The State of Telangana — Quashing and FIR | Telangana HC (2025)

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oF TELANGANA rN rHE^H|GH "orIf8IotJtotut#E

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TUESDAY,^{THE SIXIEENTHDAY OF APRIL} TWO THOUSAND^{ANDTWENTY FOUR}

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE^{SRIJUSTICEN'TUKARAMJI}

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CRIMINAL PETITION^{NO:519 10F 2025}

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... Petitio^{n e r/Acc used No'1}

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...ResPondent^{No'1 /ResPondent}

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...ResPondent^{No'2/Com Plaina nt}

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Petition^{under Section 528 of BNSS prayingthat in the circumstances} stated^{in the Memorand"""t L-'"'"Otof Crimin-al Petition' the High Court may} be oleased^{to Quash tnt pt"J"J'i"gtlnC'i'" Io:999 oI 2024dated 19-06-2024} II irl" rl"^{.i1r,reP.S' Hayathnagar' Rachakonda District}

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I.A. No"2^OF2025

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PetitionunderSection4B2ofCr.P.Cprayinothatinthecircumstances stated in^{the Memorandr#"t b?0. of criminalietition.the High court may} Li,f:r,ffi^{;:,r1#Hii-iitiffi i*'It'X*L{1[3'lt:fi{{}} justice.

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This Petiti.n r:,: rrirg on for hearing, upon perusing the rvrerrrorandum of Grounds of crimi'ral I)ltit on and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Surya Balu lt4ahendra, Advo:at,-' for the petitioner and lvtr.Jithender Rao Veeramalra, Additional Public Pr. ;ec:tor on behalf of the Respondent No..r and None appeared for the liesp,rndent No.2.

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The Court made the,^,i) lovr'ing: ORDER

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THE HONOURABLE^{SRI JUSTICEN'TUKARAMJI} CRIMINAL^{PETITIONNo.51910F2025}

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ORDER

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is filed^{under Section528 of Bharatiya} This Criminal^Petition 2023^{(for short 'BNSS,2023') seeking} Nagarik^{Suraksha Sanhita'} quashment^{of the proceedingsin Crime No'669 of 2024 of Hayathnagar} Police^{Station, Rachakonda District'againstthe petitioner-accusedNo'1'} 2. The^{petitioner is arrayed as accusedNo'1 in CrimeNo 669 of 2024} registered^{for the offences punishableunderSections498-A' 504 of} lndian^{Penal Codeand Sections 3(1XrXs)of SC/ST (POA) Act}

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Heard^{Mr.Surya Balu Mahendra' learned counselfor the petitioner} and Mr.Jithender^{Rao Veeramalla' learned Additional Public Prosecutor} appearing^{for the respondent No'1-State'}

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Learned^{counselfor the petitioner wouldsubmitthat thoughthe} petitioner is^{determined to see the processthroughand the alleged} offences^{are punishable with an imprisonmentof less than seven years'} the Police^{concerned have not issued any notice under Section 35 (3) of} BNSS,^{2023, aS Such, the petitioneris apprehendingcoercivemeasures} against^{them. Learned counselfurther submits that the petitioner is ready} to cooperate^{with the investigation' hence prayed for necessary directions} for issuance^{of notice as Per law'}

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5 Learr€,c Adritionar pubric prosecutor submits that the porice concerned are^-ea,ly to issue 35 (3) of BNSS, 2023 notice and as per their instructior si. the petitioner is not avairabre for personeLr service and they may directeC trt cooperate with the investigation.

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I have p,:r tsed the materials on record.

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7' Havirrg rergarrJ to the fact that the areged offences are punishabre with an impris61l nent below seven years and as the petition,sr is ready to engage himserrr'ir the process, without going into merits of the matter, the petitioner is rjirected to appear before the sHo, Hayathnagar porice Station, Rachar<:nda District, within (10) days from the date cf receipt of a copy of this orcr: , w'hereupon, the lnvestigating officer shall issue notice on the petitioner lncrer Section 35 (3) of BNSS, 2023 in Crinre No.669 of 2024 and take 'r fLrrther proceedings as per the guiderineri. of Arnesh Kumar y. State of Biharl scrupulously. ln unison, th,e 1ts111;.r.t. .. directed to c<top<,rate with the investigation.

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With this rl rection, this Criminal petition is disposed of.

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Pending nr,r;ce laneous applications, if any, shall stanrj c:losed.

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t SDi - NIOHD. ISMAIL .^. DEPLIT'I' REGISTRAR

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//TRUE COPY//

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SECTION OFFICER o T ,it1. The XlVAJdilr,rral lvletropolitan Magistrate, CyUerab* at l-1aya'hnagar.l-1aya'hnagar.

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at l-1aya'hnagar.l-1aya'hnagar. 2. The Statio.r l-.i : r se Officer, Hayathnagar police StatiYn Rar;hakonda District

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9 9n.^{CC to .!lri lirrr5,sgr1, Mahendra, Advocate} tOpUCI 4. Two ccs to ti e Pubric Prosecutor, High court for the st'ate o- Tr,rrangana at Hyderabac ltitr^-

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