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1. The State qf Telangana' rep by its Public Prosecutor' High Court at HYderabad ....RESPONDENTS

2. Vemula Yadagiri' S/o' Prakash' Aged about 55 Years' Occ Barber' Rl/o' Jeellacheruvu, Kusumanchi Mandil' Khammam District ...RESPONDENT/DEFACTO COMPLAINANTS Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances tli*ot lic'lliin'r Fetition' the High oourt may stated in the Memorandu' "t #;:;".slii"i;'o,,:11"?:[,iil*i;:",*#:.;,'""1"9";:;|i,;r?g,1:'"1 fl:Jff )'il"d:$;;:''L:tH:J'BLln"i j"'""'"ieiesi or justice I I I , I I a ! ] z l.A. NO: 2 01. 2025 ! I 1 I ! I i Petitior under Section 4g2 of Cr.p.C praying that ,.1 t r€. circumstances ;E::lJ.f; :hi?iiXtT, or GrounJs c..i,i^i,i'"Y,irio.,rh: F ig h courr may be "i s"fu i:i,i ji'it**11{,fr:tqffi1i",?:s:,Iff i'"["il?i*lt:[ll:i otsposat of t"€ nain cd. p"tillonbilu ) at Khammam, Kh",rur. l)istrict pending o-rrJj il, ::iH: ;'J;lff" "' ror hearins,upon perusins r,e vemorandum or uuNNA ,Advocate ro|. fl.,u pl"l.d.^l!:l hu9|.'19 the arguments .ol firi AMBEDKAR puoric prosecui;;l,itJ'ilrlil *,TE:.JJLill ya sar rr'ra n ron, nooitrl#i The Court maoe the following: ORDER ^ted I I t I : t ; i THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE J' SREENTVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITIONNo.8 10 of 2025 9BDEB: ThisCriminalPetitionislrledbythepetitioners/accused Nos'lto6seekingtoquashtheproceedingsagainstthemin C.C.No.228 of 2O2O on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate (Special Mobile) ai Khammam (hereinafter referred to as, 'the trial CourtJ '

2. Pursuant to the order dated 29'0I 2O25' Iearned counsel for the petitioners sent personal notice to respondent No'2 through registered post with acknowledgment due and f-rled proof of service vide USR No.26144 of 2025 ot 07 03 '2025 As seen from the postal cover, notice sent to respondcnt No 2 was returned with a postal endorsement as "Adclrcssee / rcspotlcle n I No 2 refused to receive the notice' Hcncc returncd" As pcr the General Clauses Act, refusal is deemed tcl bc sen'cd' 3. Heard Mr'Dunna Ambedkar' Ietrrncd counsel for the petitioners and Sri Syed Yasar Mamoon' Iearned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing lor respondent No l State'

4.L Learned counsel lor tllc petitioners respondent No.2 with an rntcntion to harass the petitioners' frled submitted that 2 complairr: egainst them on 25.06.2020. Barsinll rrr the said complair.t, crime No.9S of 2020 was regist,:re,i against the petiti<rne-s on 25.06.2020 for the offences punisl.able under Secricns r'+r, 294(bl, 323, 324 read with Sectior .3zr of tpc by the Police l{r_u;rrmanchi. The Investigating Officer r,..i.:hc,u t properly the investigation filed charge sher:t : .g arns I the :rnd the s€une was taken on file ar_rd nr rrbered as tf 2O2O on the file of Judicial First CleLss h4agistrate conducttng petitioners, C.C.No.2!)13 (SpecirLl Mo:ile) at Khammam

4.2 IJe f :rther submitted that the petitionct s have not commt -tec :jre offence and they were falsely inpl .r.:a rt cl in the presen. ca:;r: and even according to the medi<:al c:ertriir ate issued b] thc ,:om cetent authority, the nature of injurit.s r;r.rs t ar r.r ::cr tr-r. thc rniurecl is siorple in nature. He also submittcd rl).rr :r( clrciin€l thc allegaLo.ts made in the complaint, there arc disp _rtr s beLween the par ies ard to resolve the said disputes onl,r, rcr;1,,rr denr No.2 filed the prese nt complaint and the same is clcar atrir.;c rl proccss of law. Th,:r:[ore, he prays to quash the proce<.ch rqs a {: jnsr thc pctitionr:rs i;-r r).9.1y6.229 of 2O2O before thc trial Ccurr .

5. Per c,tr I'a, learned Additional public prose...rL or : L bntittccl that the pef tti,tners have not made out any qrolln(f r,l (ruaslt [hc proceedirgs i,r C.C.No.22g of 2O2O. The ground l,hich i.; pleadccl { t i i ) 3 by the Petitioners is tribal issue and the same has to be adjudicated during the course of trial only' 6. Having considered the rival submissions made by the respective parties and after perusal of the material available on record, it reveals that there are specific allegations against the petitioners that they trespassed into the house ol t]ne de facto complainant/ LW- 1 and accused No 2 bear Vemula Seetha/ LW-2 with a stick on her left hand and she has received injury' The record further reveals that accused Nos 2 to 6 were beat Vemula Seetha/LW-2 and Yellanki Saritha/ LW 3 \t''ith their hands' Whether the petitioners have committed thc oflence or not' the Salnecanbedecidedafterfullfledgedtrial'Thus,thisCourtisnot inclined to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in C.C.No.228 of 2O2O on the file o[ Juclici:rl f irst Class Magistrate (Special Mobile) at Khammam' exercising rhe pou'ers conferred under the provisions of Section 52S(b) of the Bharatiya Nagarik SurakshaSanhita,2023.However,sincepetitioncrNos.3to6/ accusedNos.3to6arewomenandpctitionerNo-1/accusedNo.lis aged about 55 years, the appearatree o[ tlrc petitioner Nos l' 3 to 6/accused Nos.l, 3 to 6 before rhe trial Court is dispensed with unless their presence is specificallv required during the course of trial, subject to the condition o[ thc petittoner Nos l' 3 to 6/ , I 4 accused No; 1. 3 to 6 treing represented by their coLrnrrel on every date o[ hearing. In case of non-appearance of thr: ltctitioners_ accuseC No;1. 3 to 6 on the specific date so fixed L.,. he learned trial Conrt lor their appearance, the trial Court .s entitled to procee<l thc: rtatter in accordance with law.

7. V/ill the above said direction, the Crirninzl p:tition is dispose d of As a :;equel thereto, miscellaneous appli,::rt.or s, il anv, pendinll in L;r is petition stand closed. 1 I To, i]d/. K. AMMAJI otpu'n' REGISTRAR [, /ffRUE COPY// iSE(:;lION OFFICER 1 Thr JL(D ar First crass Y-as,f:Sfltir:?fl,,Hgl:#lll;'J l'l*' o'"t'i"t :+::"?ili;fi.';!f'$:E:;ri'Jtii;^tm*tBSt,rbadc'uTl I O,,"Cr-tr SRI AMBEDK 5 Tvro C t) OoPies PM/kam I ( t/ HIGH COURT DATED20tO3t.i,OZi ORDER CRLP.No afi of 2025 DISPOSING OF'I-HE CRIMINAL PETITION ( e o o -a=:== 1nF- S Ta :\ t€- \ ?l'. H f ^< 30 r tlfi 2[2 i t Ft) .. t '"o'.11v-1'''- ' .:, -