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Junna Prasad v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC10 Feb 2026CRLP/10574/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Junna Prasad v. State of Telangana; quashing of FIR; FIR No. 42 of 2025 dated 5-3-2025, Pegadapally Police Station, Jagtial; Section 318 BNS; Sections 10 and 24 Immigration Act; Section 528 BNSS; cognizance on final report; C.C. No. 1371 of 2025; cause does not survive; liberty to file fresh quash proceedings; petition disposed; I.A. Nos. 1-3 of 2025 closed; M. Mehdi Hussain; Jithender Rao Veeramalla APP; de facto complainant Dasari Raj Kumar.

What did the court decide?

Criminal petition disposed of (not quashed): petitioner granted liberty to pursue fresh remedies under law against C.C. No. 1371 of 2025 on the same grounds pleaded herein; I.A. Nos. 1 to 3 of 2025 closed. ¶36

Junna Prasad Vs The State of Telangana — Cheating and Forgery | Telangana HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the proceedings in Crime/FIR No. 42 of 2025 dated 5-3-2025 of Pegadapally Police Station, Jagtial District, registered for offences punishable under Section 318 BNS and Sections 10 and 24 of the Immigration Act, ought to be quashed (interim stay of further proceedings including arrest also sought).

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Court's answer

Since cognizance had been taken on the final report and the case stood numbered as C.C. No. 1371 of 2025, the cause in the criminal petition seeking quashment of the FIR does not survive for consideration.

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Ratio / Principle

The petitioner is granted liberty to avail the remedies available under law to seek quashing of the proceedings in C.C. No. 1371 of 2025, if aggrieved, raising all the grounds pleaded in the present criminal petition.

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Key takeaways

With the above observations, the criminal petition is disposed of.ratio¶36
Miscellaneous applications, i.e., I.A. Nos. 1 to 3 of 2025, shall stand closed.ratio¶37

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Telangana High Court (J. Sreenivas Rao, J.), Crl.P. No. 10574 of 2025, decided 10.02.2026: Criminal petition under Section 528 BNSS by the accused (Junna Prasad) seeking quashment of Crime/FIR No. 42 of 2025 dated 5-3-2025 of Pegadapally Police Station, Jagtial District, registered for offences punishable under Section 318 BNS and Sections 10 and 24 of the Immigration Act. On instructions, the Additional Public Prosecutor reported that during pendency the investigation was completed, a final report was filed, and the Magistrate took cognizance numbering the matter C.C. No. 1371 of 2025. Holding that the cause in the petition therefore did not survive for consideration, the Court granted the petitioner liberty to seek quashing of C.C. No. 1371 of 2025 under available legal remedies on the same grounds, disposed of the petition, and closed I.A. Nos. 1 to 3 of 2025.

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

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TUESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO

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CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10574 OF 2025

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Between:

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Junna Prasad, S/o Sanjeev, Aged about 39 years, Occ. Driver, r/o Lingapur Village, Pegadapally, Jagtial District

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...Petitioner/Accused

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AND

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1 The State of Telangana, Represented by its public prosecutor High Court for the state of relangana (Through pegadapa[y porice Station JagtrJl District

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...Respondent

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2 Dasari Ra1 Kumar, S/o Shakariah Aged about 30 years, Occ Pvt Service r/o BB Rajaplly Village, Gollapalty I/andat Jagtial District

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...RespondenUDefacto Compla inant

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Petition under section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the ltrlemorandum of Grounds of criminal petitron, the High court may be pleased to Quash the cRllvlE / FlR. No No 42 of 2025 dated 5-3-2025 on the fite of PEGADAPALLY Police Station Jagtial Drstrict

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l.A. NO: 2 OF 2025

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Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that rn the circumstances stated in the lVlemorandum of Grounds of crrminal petition, the High court may be pleased to grant lnterim Stay of all further proceedings including arrest of the petitioner rn crime / F.l.R. No - No 42 of 2o2s dated 5 3 202s on the fire of PEGADAPALLY Police Station Jagtial District.

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This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the fi/emorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition and upon hearrng the arguments of sri tr/l Mehdi Hussarn Advocate for the Petitioner and sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, the Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No. '1 and none appeared for the Respondent No 2.

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The Court made the following: ORDER

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HIGH COURT F.OR THE STATE OF TELANGANA I\ N HYDERABAD

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREEI{I VAS RAO

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CRIMINAL PETITION No. 10574 of2C25

DATE:10.02.2O26

Between :

Junna Prasad

I:titioner/Accused

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The Statc of Telangana, Rcprcsented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana (Through Pegadapatly Police Station Jagtial District and another

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Respondents

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:ORDER:

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This Crimrnal Petition has l>een filed by thc t j ti tioner / accused seeking to quash the proceedings in F.l.R. irl r.42 of 2O2S ol Pegadapally Police Station, Jagitial Districr, :.gistered lor the oflbnces punishable undcr Section 318 of the BI\ti , and Sections 10 arrd 24 of the trmrgration Act.

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Mr. .lithender Rao Veeramalla, learneci \dditional public Prosccutor, bas<:d upon the instructions furnishe c b5, the concerned officer, submtttecl that during pendency of the cr i ninal petition, the lnvestigating Officcr conducted the investigatio- and filed a hnal report before thc jurisdictional Magistrate. The ean-red Magistratc took cognizance and numbered the case as C.r_ No. 1371 of 2025.

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By virtue^{of the same, the cause in the criminalpetitiondoesnoL} survive [or^{consideration}

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[n view of^{thc abovesaidsubmission'thc petitioner is granted} liberty to^{availthe remedies as availableunder law seeking to quash} the proceedings^{in C.C.No137 1 ot 2025' if so he is aggrieved'b1'} raising all the^{grounds, u'hich were pleaded in the present criminal} petttlon

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4.withtheabovesaidobservations,thecriminalpctition 1S disposed of

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Misccllaneous^{applications i e', I'A'Nos'1 to 3 of 2O25' shall}

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stand closed

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SD/- A.JAYASREE ASSISTANT^REGISTRAR

//TRUE^COPY//

SECTION^OFFICER

'o'',^{Thc Station House officer'PegadapallyPolice.Station'Jagitial} 2 Two^{CCs to Public il;;t;*;-iigh'Courtfor the State of Telangana'at} Hvderabad [OUT]

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