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Koduri Sreenivas @ Koduri Srinivas @ Srinivas Koduri, v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC9 Sept 2026CRLP/14659/2026

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

The High Court of Telangana quashed criminal proceedings against the petitioner who was accused of procuring 29 quintals of PDS rice from beneficiaries for profit. Following a coordinate bench decision in Crl.P.No.7227 of 2025, the court held that without evidence of deception, dishonest misappropriation, or violation of lawful direction, continuation of proceedings would be an abuse of process.

What did the court decide?

Proceedings in FIR No. 141 of 2026 on the file of Jaipur Police Station, Mancherial District, against the petitioner/accused No.1 are quashed. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, stand closed.

Koduri Sreenivas @ Koduri Srinivas @ Srinivas Koduri, Vs… — Quashing and FIR | Telangana HC (2026)

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

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AT HYDERABAD

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WEDNESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENW SIX

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO

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CRIMINAL PETITION NO:^'14659 OF 2026

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Between:

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Koduri Sreenivas @ Koduri Srinivas @ Srinivas Koduri,, S/o. Bapu, Age- 41 years, Occ- Business, R/o.1 1.No. 14-3, Neelwai Village, Vemanpalle Mandal, Mancherial District-5042 1 4.

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...PETITIONER/ACCUSED No.'l

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AND

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'l . The State of Telangana,, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad through S.H.O., P.S. Jaipur, Mancherial District.

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Bhoomesh Lingampally,, S/o. Not Known, Age- 44 yearc, Occ- Sl, PS Jaipur, R/o. PS Jaipur, Jaipur Mandal, Mancherial District-S04216.

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...RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANTS

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Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to call for the records relating to FIR No. 141 OF 2026 on the file of the PS Jaipur, Jaipur Mandal, Mancherial District against the Petitioner/Accused No 1 and quash the same.

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l.A. NO: 2OF 2026

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Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings in FIR No 141 OF 2026 on the file of the PS Jaipur, Jaipur Mandal, Manchcrial Diskict including appearance of the Petitioner/Accused No.1 till the disposal of the Criminal Petition in the interest of the justice.

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This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri ANUGANTI PRANEETH, Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, the Addl. Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and none appeared on behalf of the Respondent No.2

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The Court made the following: ORDER

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STA TE OT'TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SRET]NIVAS RAO

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CRIMINAL PETITION N0.14659 o12026

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CNR No.HBH C010614232026

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Date:09.09.2026

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Between:

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Koduri Sreenivas (@ Koduri Srinivas @ Srinivas Koduri. ...Petitioncr/Accused No. 1

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AND

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Thc State ofTelangana and another

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...Respondents

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ORDER

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This Criminal Petition has been filed bv the

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pet itioneri accused No.1 seeking to quash the proceedings ln F.l,R.No. 1,11 of 2021 on the file of the Jaipur Police Station, MancheriaI District

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Heard '{r. r\nuganti Praneeth Mahipal Reddy P., learned counsel for t he petitioner and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, Ieamed Additional Public Prosecutor fbr respondent No.1

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The specific allegation against the petitioner/accused No.1 is that he has procured PDS rice from the beneficiaries at cheaper rate to sell the sanre Ibr profit and on 29.08.2026, the petitioner was found in possession of 29 cluintals of pDS rice.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that without there being any complaint from any beneficiary, alleging that the rice was procured deceptively or with a criminal intent and charging the petitioner for prosecution is untenable and improper. The allegations, even taken at his face value cannot be sustained against the petitioner. Further, this Court, in Crl.P.No.5'709 of 2019, while considering the same situation, categorically observed that the offences alleged against the petitioners therein could not be continued and accordingly quashed the proceedings. The petitioner is aiso entitled to the same relief and hence prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner

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The leamed Additional Public Prosecutor submits that as per prosecution, the offences said to have been committed by the petitioner is cheating and violation of Section 7 of the EC Act and requested to pass appropriate orders.

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Section 7 of the EC Act contemplate that any person contravenes with the production, supply, distribution and trade of essential commodities, is punishable. As per the prosecution, the petitioner has procured PDS rice from the beneficiaries after supply from the dealer.

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A Coordinate Bench of this Court in (lrl.p.No.7227 of

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2025 has considered the identical facts and observed that:

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Thr:re t.t no uyerment indicQting thdl the petitioner in any wuy deceptit eit tncluL:ed the heneficiories to part v,ith the sup1iied PDS rice or thc batte/itiary- (ntnt\ted the PDS rice purchased by them wih lhe petilioncr and lhey dishonestly misqppropriqted or con.verted to thetr own us(, or usecl it in violcrtion r.t[ a lawful direction or coatract. [n the ubsence ofessential litctors. on the fuce ofprosecutktn, this Courtfinds it lo hc aJit^('u.te to cxer(:ise the jurisdiction under Section 528 ofBNSS, 2023 1 fur.t, coutinudncL' of proceeclings against the petittoner is abuse o.f procet.; oJ lur^".

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The lacts and circumstances of the present ()ase also similar

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to those in the above case and hence. this Court finds it to be a fit case to exercise^junsdiction under Section 528 of BNSS by applying the samc analogy and to quash the proceedings against thc petitioner herein

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Accordingly. the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in F.l.R.No.141 of 2026 on the file of the Jaipur Police Station. Mancherial District, against the petitioner/accused No.1, are herebv quashed

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Pending miscellaneous applications, if an.y. shall stand

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closed

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SD/- MOHD.ISMAIL DEPUTY REGISTRAR

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//TRUE COPYII

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To,

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SECTION OFFICER