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Udatha Mallaiah v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC10 Feb 2026CRLP/8940/2023

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Telangana High Court, Hyderabad; Justice Tirumala Devi Eada; order dated 10.02.2026; Criminal Petition (CRLP) No.8940 of 2023; Section 482 Cr.P.C. quashing petition; FIR/Crime No.47 of 2023, Ramagiri Police Station, Peddapalli District; offences under Sections 420 and 468 IPC; charge sheet filed, case numbered C.C.No.1BO of 2025; petition dismissed as infructuous; liberty to seek appropriate remedies; interim stay application I.A. No.2 of 2023; petitioner Udutha Mallaiah (also rendered Udatha lvlallaiah in cause title); respondents: State of Telangana (Public Prosecutor) and K. Veera Bramha Chary; copy addressed to Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Manthani, and SHO, Ramagiri Police Station.

What did the court decide?

No substantive relief; the petitioner was left with liberty to seek appropriate remedies according to law.

Udatha Mallaiah Vs The State of Telangana — Cheating and Forgery | Telangana HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

No substantive relief; the petitioner was left with liberty to seek appropriate remedies according to law.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the proceedings against the petitioner/accused arising out of Crime No.47 of 2023 of Ramagiri Police Station, Peddapalli District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420 and 468 IPC, should be quashed under Section 482 Cr.P.C.

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Court's answer

On the Additional Public Prosecutor's intimation that the charge sheet in the case had been filed and the case numbered C.C.No.1BO of 2025, the Court held that the cause in the Criminal Petition seeking quash of Crime No.47 of 2023 does not survive and has become infructuous.

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Ratio / Principle

In consequence, the Criminal Petition was dismissed as infructuous, with liberty to the petitioner to seek appropriate remedies according to law, and pending miscellaneous applications, if any, were directed to stand closed.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Criminal Petition No.8940 of 2023 (Section 482 Cr.P.C.) — Udutha Mallaiah v. The State of Telangana and K. Veera Bramha Chary — High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad (Hon'ble Smt. Justice Tirumala Devi Eada), order dated 10.02.2026. The petitioner/accused sought quashing of the proceedings in FIR No.47 of 2023 on the file of Ramagiri Police Station, Peddapalli District, registered for the offences under Sections 420 and 468 IPC, with an interim application (I.A. No.2 of 2023) for stay of further proceedings. On the matter being taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor informed the Court that the charge sheet had been filed and the case numbered as C.C.No.1BO of 2025. Holding that the cause in the Criminal Petition seeking quash of Crime No.47 of 2023 did not survive and had become infructuous, the Court dismissed the Criminal Petition as infructuous with liberty to the petitioner to seek appropriate remedies according to law; pending miscellaneous applications, if any, were ordered to stand closed.

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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 SMT JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA

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CRIMINAL PETITION No: 8940 OF 2023

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Between:

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Udatha lvlallaiah, S/o Venkati, aged 71 years, Occ: Coolie, R/o H.No.3-1-4l 1a, Ladnapur Village, Mutharam lvlandal, Peddapalli District.

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...Petitioner/Accused

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AND

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The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, Through P.S. Ramagiri Police Statron, High Court of Telangana, Hyderabad.

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... Respondent

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K. Veera Bramha Chary, S/o Balakistaiah, aged about 59 years, Occ: Revenue Divisional Officer, R/o A/anthani, Peddapalli District.

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...Respondents

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Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the [Vlemorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be^pleased to quash the Proceedings in FIR No.47 of 2023 on the. frle of the Ramagiri Police Station for the offences U/Sec.420 and 468 of IPC and to^grant such other relief or reliefs as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.

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l.A. NO: 2OF 2023

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Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances statedⁱⁿ the [Vlemorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be^pleasedto stay of all further Proceedings in FlR.No.47 of 2023 on the file of the Ramagiri^Police Station for the offences U/Sec.420 and 468 of lPC, pending disposal of the Criminal Petition.

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This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the [\4emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri S Prasad Babu, Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri D. Arun Kumar, 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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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF^TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

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THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA

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CRIMINAL PETITION No.8940 of 2023

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DATE OF ORDER:10.02.2026

Between

Udutha Mallaiah

... Petitioner/Accused

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AND

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The State of Telangana,

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rep. by its Public Prosecutor and another

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. .. Respondents

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ORDER

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This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of The Code of Criminal Procedure (for short,^'Cr.P.C) seeking to^quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in Crime No.47 of 2023, on the file of Ramagiri Police Station, Peddapalli District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420 and 468 of IPC.

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When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor has brought to the notice of this Court that charge sheet is filed in this case and it is numbered^as C.C.No.1BO of 2025. Hence, the cause in the Criminal^Petition seeking for quash of Crime No.47 of 2023 does^{not survive and has} become infructuous

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