Rajesh Bhalla, v. The State Of Telangana,

HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY THREE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3945 OF 2023 Between:

Rajesh Bhalla, Sio. Madan Lal Bhalla, Age.59years, Occ. Private Employee, Rl/o. RZ-23, Palam Vihar, Sec.6, Dwaraka, South West Delhi. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND

1. The state of Telangana,, Represented by Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad

2. Rekha Kalra, W/o.Gunian Kalra, Age.46years, Occ.House wife, Rt/o. H.No.304-8, Road No.78, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash the Criminal Proceedings against the petitioner (Accused) in CC No.477 of 2017 on the file of the XVll Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, in the interest of justice.

l.A. NO: 2OF 2023 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings including the appearance of the petitioner in CC.No.477 ot 2017 on the file of the Court of the Learned XVll Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, At Hyderabad till pending disposal of the above criminal petition.

This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Sreenivasa Rao Ravulapati, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.'l .

- The Court made the following: ORDER I

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER CRIMINAL PETITION No.3945 OF 2023 ORD ER:

This Criminal Pet;tion is filed under Section 482 of the Code of I Criminal Procedure, t973 (for short 'Cr.P.C.') by the petitioneraccused to quash the proceedings initiated against him in C.C.NI.477 of 2017 pending on the file of learned XVII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, filed for the offences punishable under Sections 354-A and 506 of Indian Penal Code.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent No.1 - State. Perused the record.

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Since the crime is of the year 2016 and the charge sheet was filed in the year 2018, without going into the facts of the case, this Court deems it appropriate to direct the learned XVII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, to conclude the process of trial in the above case as expeditiously as possible within a period of four (04) months, in accordance with law, from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

With the above observation, the Criminal petition is disposed of.

Miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. Sd/. K. VENKAIAH ASSISTANT REGISTBAR //TRUE COPY// .-./ SECNON&FICER To, 1.

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HIGH COURT KS,J DATED:2010412023 s ..\.

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CRLP.No.3945 of 2023 Disposing of the Crl.P.

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