Peta Venkata Mallikarjuna Rao Vs Smt. Peta Shobadevi — Telangana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Peta Venkata Mallikarjuna Rao Vs Smt. Peta Shobadevi — Telangana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Criminal Petition dismissed as infructuous; liberty left to the petitioner to avail the remedies as available under law; pending miscellaneous applications, if any, stand closed.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Criminal Petition should be allowed to quash/set aside the order dated 21-8-2023 passed in Crl.M.P.No.412 of 2023 in MC No.51 of 2022 by the VI Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Family Court, Ranga Reddy District at Kukatpally. +1 more

Court's answer

Accepting the Additional Public Prosecutor's on-instructions submission that the Maintenance Case had been disposed of before the trial Court on 06.08.2025, the Court found this Criminal Petition infructuous and dismissed it on that ground; no merits of the prayer to quash the order dated 21-8-2023 were decided.

Ratio / Principle

The Court granted the petitioner liberty to avail the remedies as available under law and directed that pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Criminal Petition No. 11054 of 2023 (under S.482 Cr.P.C.) by Peta Venkata Mallikarjuna Rao sought quashing of the order dated 21-8-2023 passed in Crl.M.P.No.412 of 2023 in MC No.51 of 2022 by the VI Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Family Court, Ranga Reddy District at Kukatpally, with IA No.1 of 2023 seeking its suspension; Respondent No.1 was his wife, Smt. Peta Shobadevi, for whom none appeared. When the matter was taken up on 04.02.2026, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, on instructions, reported that the Maintenance Case had been disposed of before the trial Court on 06.08.2025 and the petition had thus become infructuous. Hon'ble Smt. Justice Tirumala Devi, in view of that submission, dismissed the Criminal Petition as infructuous with liberty to the petitioner to avail the remedies as available under law, and directed that pending miscellaneous applications, if any, stand closed. No merits of the quashing prayer were decided.

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELAN AT HYDERABAD

WEDNESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI

CRIMINAL PETITION NO:^'l'1054 OF 2023

Between:

Peta Venkata Mallikarjuna Rao, S/o.Peta Subramanyam, Aged about 55^years, Occupation: Govt. Employee, Prbsently R/o. H.No.4-14946- t, Teachers Colony, Dhone, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh -518222, Ce||.9059365405

...Petitioner/Respondent

AND

Smt. Peta Shobadevi, W/o Peta Venkata Mallikarjuna Rao, Aged 46^years, Occ: Housewife, R/o. Plot No.1 16, Gulmohar Park, Serilingampally, R.R.District, Hyderabad - 500 019.

...RespondenUPetitioner

.2. The State of Telangana, Through Public Prosecutor,^High Court^{of Telangana,} Hyderabad.

...Respondent

Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances statedⁱⁿ the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be^pleased to Quash the order dated 21-8-2023,^passed in Crl.M.P.No.412^of 2023^{in MC No.51 of} 2022, by the Vl Additional District And Sessions Judge-Cum-Family Court,^Ranga Reddy District At Kukatpally setting aside the same, in the interest^{of justice.}

l.A. NO: 1OF 2023

Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C^praying that in the circumstances statedⁱⁿ the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High^Court may^{be pleasedto} suspend the order dated 21-8-2023,^passed in Crl.M.P.No.412^{ol 2023 in MC No.51} ot 2022, by the Vl Additional District And Sessions Judge-Cum-Family Court,^Ranga Reddy Diskict At Kukatpally in the interest of^justice.

This Petition coming on for hearing, upon^perusing the^{Memorandum of Grounds} of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri^{Bheemani Krushna,} Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri T Ramachandra Murthy, Additional^Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.2 and of^{None appearedfor the} Respondent No.1^.

The Court made the following: ORDER

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELAN GAN A AT D

THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA

CRIMINAL PETITION No.l1054 ol 2023

Date:04.02.2026

Between:

Peta Venl<ata Mallikarjuna Rao

. . . Petitioner

AND

Smt. Peta Shobadevi and another

... Respondents

ORDER

When the matter is taken up, Iearned Additional Public

Proseculor, on instructions, submitted that Maintenance Case

was disp'osed of before the trial Court on 06.08.2025, and hence,

this petition lras become infructuous.

ln viel of the above submission, this Criminal Petition is

dismissr:d as infructuous, with a liberty to the petitioner to avail

the rem,:dies as available under law.

Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand

closed'

sd/- K.MADHAVI SISTANT REGISTRAR

//TRUE COPY,,

SECTION OFFICER

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To, 1 . The Vl Additional^District And Sessions^J um-Family Court, Ranga Reddy District^{At Kukatpally.}

Two CCs^{to the Public} Prosecutor.^{HighCourt of Telanganaat Hyderabad} toull

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One CC^{to Sri Bheemani Krushna,Advocate} [OPUC]

Two CD^Cooies

HIGH COURT

DATED i 11410212026

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ORDER

CRLP.N,o.11054 of 2023

DISMISSING THE CRIMINAL PETITION AS INFRUCTUOUS

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