Muddasani Sravan v. The State Of Telangana Through Sho P.S. Mancherial Town,
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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY,THE THIRry FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENry FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 18013 OF 2025 Between:
Muddasani Sravan, S/o Muddasani Venkatesham, Age. 34 years, Occ. Singareni Worker, R/o. H.No. D-217, Goleti town ship, Rebbena, Golleti, Adilabad District, Telangana
...Petitioner/Accused No.2
AND
1. The State of Telangana through SHO P.S. Mancherial Town,, Rep., by Public Prosecutor, High Court For the State of Telangana, At Hyderabad.
2. Venkatesh Regunta,, S/o. Bhumaiah, Age. 29 years, Occ. Business, Rl/o. Surya Nagar, Mancherial, Manherial District, Telangana. ... Respondent 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 quash the proceedings in FIR No.7B1 of 2025, dated 23-12-2025 on the file of the Mancherial Town Police Station, Ramagundam Commissionerate, Mancherial District, against the Petitioner/Accused No.2. l.A. NO: 2OF 2025 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. 781 of 2025, dated 23-12-2025 on the file of the Mancherial Town Police Station, Ramagundam Commissionerate, Mancherial District including the arrest of the Petitioner/Accused No.2 till the disposal of the Main Quash Petition.
This Petition coming on for hearing upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri RAMULU PASUPULA, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Reipondent No.1, and none appeared for the Respondent No.2.
The Court made the following: ORDER
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SMT.JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.'t8013 of 2025 Date:31.12.2025 Between:
Muddaasani Sravan ... Petitioner/Accused No.2 And State of Telangana, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad and another.
... Respondents ORDER:
This criminal petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioner-accused No,2 in Crime No.781 of 2025 on the file of the Station House Officer, Mancherial Town Police Station, Ramagundam Commissinerate, for the offences under Section 115(2) read with 3(5) of BNS and Sections 3(1)(rXs), 3(2) (Va) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 2015 (for short 'SC & ST Act').
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Heard Mr. Ramulu Pasupula, learned counsel for the petitioner and ltlr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent No. l-State. 3.
-lhough this petition is filed for quashing the proceedings in the crime, during the course of arguments, learned counsel for petitioner has sought for a direction to the Police to proceed with investigation by issuing notice under Section 35(3) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). 4.
Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted to pass appropriate orders in the petition.
5. Perused the record.
The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Sections 115(2) read with 3(5) of BNS and Sections 3(1X0(s), 3(2) (Va) of SC & ST Act. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Court deems it appropriate to direct the petitioner to appear before the lnvestigating Officer concerned on or before 22.01 .2026 between 11.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m., and in turn, the lnvestigating Officer is directed to follow the pr66dure laid down under Section 35 (3) of BNSS and the
ETD,J Crl.P. No.1Nl3 of 2025 J guidelines formulated by the Hon'ble Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Biharl scrupulously and the petitioner is also directed to co-operate with the lnvestigating Officer and to furnish the requisite information and documents as and when required by him.
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Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of with the above directions. Miscellaneous Petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.
Sd/- U. SUDHA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR e \ //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To
1. The Station House Officer, Mancherial Town Police Station, Ramagundam District.
2. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad [OUT]
3. One CC to SRI RAMULU PASUPULA, Advocate [OPUC]
4. Two CD Copies NVB/8A %
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