Pidugu Mallesh, Vs The State of Telangana, Rep by… — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

Pidugu Mallesh, Vs The State of Telangana, Rep by… — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Dismissed

Issue for consideration

Whether the registration of Crime No.121 of 2015 dated 15.06.2015 of Yacharam Police Station for offences under Sections 3(1)(x) and (xi) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, based on respondent No.4's complaint, was illegal, arbitrary, mala fide and an abuse of process of court so as to warrant quashing by writ of mandamus under Article 226.

Court's answer

As the petitioner had already been acquitted by the Special Court in S.C.No.46 of 2016 (judgment dated 17.03.2020) during the pendency of the writ petition, the cause in the writ petition did not survive for consideration; the Court therefore dismissed the writ petition as infructuous, with no order as to costs, without adjudicating the legality or mala fides of the FIR registration.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Telangana High Court (Hyderabad), 09.09.2025 — W.P. No.26343 of 2015 (J. Sreenivas Rao, J.): A writ petition under Article 226 by the petitioner/accused sought quashing of Crime No.121 of 2015 (F.I.R. dated 15.06.2015) of Yacharam Police Station, Cyberabad, registered on the complaint of respondent No.4 for offences under Sections 3(1)(x) and (xi) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, alleging the registration to be illegal, arbitrary and a mala fide misuse of the Act to settle personal scores. On the date of hearing neither the petitioner nor respondent No.4 was represented. Recording the Assistant Government Pleader for Home's submission that, during pendency, the charge sheet had been filed, the Special Court had taken cognizance in S.C.No.46 of 2016 and had acquitted the petitioner by its judgment dated 17.03.2020, so that the cause in the writ petition did not survive, the Court dismissed the writ petition as infructuous, with no order as to costs; miscellaneous applications, if any, were closed. No precedent was cited and the merits of the FIR were not examined.

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IN THE^{HIGH COURT FOR THESTATE OF TELANGANAAT HYDERABAD} AT HYDERABAD (SPecial Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY,THE^{NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER} TWO THOUSAND^{AND TWENTY FIVE}

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE^{SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO}

WRIT PETITIO^{N NO:263 43 0F} 15

Between:

Piduou Mallesh, S/o Naraiah or^{Narayana,Aged about} 4 .y-eatrl -gc9 Agric-ulture,^R/o ihioiriirtni, iactrirarir^{mbndil,Ranga ReddvDistrict'} Telangana^State

...PETITIONER

AND

1 The State of Telangana,^{Rep by its Principal Secretary'HomeDepartment'} Secretariat,^{Saifabad, Hyderabad,Telangana'}

2.AssisfantCommissionerofPolice,lbrahimpatnamDivision,Cyberabad' Hyderabad,^Telangana.

Station House^{officer,Yacharam Police Station,Yacharam mandal'Ranga} Reddy dist.,^Telangana.

Smt.Dara^{Ramachandramma,Wo Late Sailu, Age!} 9b-oqt^{56 years'Ri/o} ii,iiipirtt'v^{Viliage, Yacharam, Ranga Reddy district,Telangana'}

...RESPONOENTS

Petition under Article^{226 of the constitutionof lndiaprayingthat in the} circumstances stated^{in the affidavitfiled therewith, the High court maybe} pleased to issue an order or writ,^{more particularly, one in the nature of Writ of} Mandamus, declaring^{the registration of crimeNo.12112015dated 15.6.2015 of} Yacharam Police Station,^{Yacharam,R.R.district, Telangana for the offences} under section 3(1Xx)^{and (xi) of the Scheduledcastesandthe Scheduled Tribes} (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 basing^{on the complaint given by the 4th} respondent, as illegal, arbitrary^{and abuse of processof court,and consequently} to quash the same holding^{it as abuse of processof court and also declarethe} action of lhe^4th respondent^{in misusing the provisionsof the Scheduled Castes}

and the Scheduled.^{Tribes(Preventionof Atrocities)!t:,1989 for settling} personal scores, as illegal and malafide

.N :1OF 2 1 PMP. 23 oF 2015

Petition under Section¹⁵¹ cPC^{prayingthat in the cir rumstancesstated in} the affidavit filed in support^{of the petition, the High Court rre y be pleasedstay all} further proceedings rn Crime^{No.12112015dated 15.6.201iof Yacharam Police} Station, Yacharam, R.R.district,^{Telangana, pendingdispcs3l of the above writ} petition

Counsel for the Petitioner: SRl.^S V^{BHARATHA LAKSHMII {OT PRESENT}}

Counsel for the Respondent Nos.^{1 to 3: SRIB. SRIDHARR EDDY,AGPFOR} HOME

Counsel for the Respondent^{No.4: NONEAPPEARED}

The Court made the following:^ORDER

THE HONOURABLE SRI JTISTICE J. SREENI\IAS RAO

WRrT PETITION No.26343 of 2015

ORDER:

This Writ Petition has been filed by the petitioner/accused seeking to quash the proceedings in F.I.R. No.121 of 2015 of Yacharam Police Station, Cyberabad, registered for t-Ile offence punishable under Section 3(l)(x) and (xi) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

No representation on beha-lf of the petitioner as well as respondent No.4, either physically or virtually.

Mr. B. Sridhar Reddy, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing for respondent Nos. I to 3, submitted that during pendency of the writ petition, the Investigating Offrcer after conducting investigation filed the charge sheet and the Special Court has taken cognizance in S.C.No.46 of 2O 16 and subsequently acquitted the petitioner, by its judgment dated 17.03.2020. By virtue of the same, tJ-e cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration.

Recording the above said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs.

Miscellaneous applications, if qny shall stand closed

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WP.No.26343 of 2015

DISMISSING THE WRIT PETITION

AS INFRUCTUOUS WITHOUT COSTS

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