Case brief
What is this about?
Telangana High Court, Criminal Petition No.1854 of 2026, decided 12.02.2026 by Justice J. Sreenivas Rao. Quash petition under Section 528 BNSS against proceedings in C.C.No.1301 of 2025 (III Addl. Junior Civil Judge-cum-III Addl. JMFC, Khammam) for offences under Section 318(4) BNS 2023 and Section 7 Essential Commodities Act 1955; 485 packets / 204.10 quintals of PDS rice; cheating and EC Act violation alleged; Crl.P.No.7227 of 2025 applied (abuse of process; no deceptive inducement or misappropriation averred); Crl.P.No.5709 of 2019 referred; petition allowed and proceedings quashed; petitioners Gajarao Gopi and Athmakuri Jagadeesh; respondents State of Telangana and Mechu Venkateswarlu.
What did the court decide?
Criminal Petition allowed; proceedings in C.C.No.1301 of 2025 against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 and 2 quashed; pending miscellaneous applications, if any, stood closed.