The High Court · 2025

The State of Telanoana. Telangana, Hyderaba"d. . ..Respondent. Smt.B Lalitha Kumari, Wo B.V.pulla Rao Aged 56 yrs., Occ. Housewife R/o Plot No. l3, Road No.1, N.Bhavani Nalar Co'tony r<apra, MJfiiigiii Hyderabad. ... RespondenUDe-facto Complainant Petition under Section 528 of BNSS 2023, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal petition, the High court may be pleased to QUASH the c.c.No. 346 of 2017, on the fite of il Additional Junior civil Judge cum ll Additional Judicial l\ilagistrate of First case, cyberabad at Malkajgiri (Previously XX lr/etropolitan lVlagistrate, cyberabad at Malkajgiri for an offence under Sec. 411 lpc. I.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS 2023, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal petition, the High court may be pleased to srAy all further proceedings in c.c.No. 346 of 2017, on the file of It Additional Junior civil Judge cum Il Additional Judicial Magistrate of First case, cyberabad at Malkajgiri (previousty XX tVletropolitan ;/..;i=ffii=r Magistrate. Cyberabad at lVlalkajgiri at N/alkajgiri includin,) appearance of the Petitioner. l.A. NO: 3 OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS 2023, p,'aying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of il'iminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the trial court not tc .ake coercive steps whrle recalIng the NBW pending against the Petitioner in Crl No 346 of 2017. on the file of ll Additional Junior Civil Judge cum ll Additional JLrdicral Magistrate of First Class. Cyberabad at tVlalkajgiri (previously XX I\4etropolrtan lrlagistrate, Cyberabad at tr/alkajgiri). This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the I\,4emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the argurents of l\rlr. K SAI BABU, Advocate for the Petitioner and IVlr. E.GANESH the Assistant Public Prosecutor (TG) on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and nore appeared for the Respondent No.2. The Court made the following: ORDER ........_,- i:t;*€?:-.-s=-:, ''14 THE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR JUKANTI CRIMINAL PETITION No.744O OF 2025 ORDER: Tl-ris Crimirriil Petition is lilccl unclcr-Section 528 of ihe Bharativa Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (for short 'BNSS') b-t' petition er/ accused No.2 to quash the proceedings agaitrsL l.rim in C-C.No.632 of 2016 on the filc of II Adclitionarl .Junior Civil Juclge cum-XX Metropolitan Idagistrale , Cvberabad at Mall<ajgiri lor the offcnce urtder Scctions 356. 382 ancl '1 I 1 ol II)(1.

2. [-[e ard Mr. Ii. Sai Ilabu, lc:trned counsel for pctitior) cr / accuscd No.2, Mr. E. Ganesh, learttcd Assist:tt-lt Public lrroseculor for respondcnt No.1 St:rte . Notrce o r-r rcspondent No.2 servcd (deemed service). Perused thc n'raterial on record

3. On tl-rc basis of complaint by Smt. B. Lalitha Kum:rri, FIR No.63O ot 20l4 datcd 19.0U.2O14 came lo be lodged in the Kr-rshaiguda Policc Station, Cyberabad. Case of thc complainant is that vt'hile she along with her husband rvas rcturning to her house from railway reservation counter at 1,,\K J ! |) N,t.-..t)oi _t0). Dr. A.S.Rao Nrigar. t.,r,o 16kn6r,r,n offenclers .,.mc nc:1t' to he r and snat(.ltccl Jtcr gold c1-rain ,,i,cighing r:1 ,oLtr five (5) tulas lrom ]rcr ncr.l<. A cherrge shee L \\ als iilecl on 1c).08.2016 frrr the olfenccs undcr Scction :t55, 41 I oi IPC e.qirinst thrcc a<:crrsecl .382 iu-rd

4. C.C.No.ir.l) ol .1016 \\ as up against acr.:scd No Iin thc co,rt .r' lJ Acrrritior-ral .Ju,ior ci'il .-r rrclge-.um xx Melr-opolitan \4:rgistr.atc Cr bcrzLbad, at N4irlkrrjgir.i. Citse aganlst pcririOner/lrCCLlsed No.2 \\ias sIi r. Llp uide_ C.C.No.3.16 oi' .rO I 7. Both tl,rc accusccl i.c irr'CtlS(.d NoS. 1 and 2 q'ere clr:u-gccl lor tl.rc s:rrnc offcnces urrrLer Sections 356. 382 ar-cl llI ol'IpC in Cr-irnc No.63O o .,lO.l /t br rhc Kuslraigrrcla l)r>ltcc Stertiol.l. Af-ter trial, lltc Court bv judgment darc(l I 6.O:\.2O1 8, helcl as follows: ' l() ,.\s sccrr tl.crl tl.ic cvidcncc of l)\\ . I slrr: has ltf I st:cu titc olk:nder as the offenci(,. wor_c hcLne . :\s srrr.lt ti-rc iclcntillcation of thc , -i.ust.,j colrld rtrtt bc provcd bclore the courL and lterc rs no other direct rr.itness rvho has sccn the r,.. us(.(l cornmitting the olficc. Scene of offence c()l;l(l n()t be proi trl rluc trr thc hostilc evidence , p*2. Prosccr-ttiot.t has not tirl(cn a n-1,. steps to t :;tminc Lll'3.Tholglt thc cr.idence o[ pu,3 and 4 is r-,.] abl,- lhcrc is n() rccovcr.,, in tltis c:isc and thc .,,, r, .sicri, p:lrrchiln rn'rirs \\ crc not markecl throuq : thc prosr:c:uttorr. Er., tr otlrcru isc also tltc corli :r;i6111; rradr: ltr A I u,itltouI a]r)\. rccovcr-\) rs in ad:rrr:siblt: Tffi l 'JAK"I L-..1 P r:a.-i410 af 2(Ds " -.-,.qr,i,,"l I;c[orc lau'. Thcre rs no cvidcnce before the Court 1o sav that A I has corlmiltecl Lhis olfence 1t =I:h is ul th'' npilrinn lhal l)r(rsrLullr)lr hJS ,i,."i,,"" tro l b.rund i,,.i-n"," ,i"t" the u'Lrill 'rl the 'tt'cuscd ,,ii",..1.,="l,,,,"" dottl'r. As sut It accus( d,is I'ntirled Poinr is answered elgiunsL li,i prosccution, I 1. ln thc result, accuscd no 1 is found not gurlty lbr tl-re offcnce U/s SS6' 382 tPC and acquirted l.1, t.rott,'i "t Cr'P L' Thc bail bonds and suretres shall strnd dischargcd altcr i,i rrppcitl tirlle is ovcr'" ',,-., "rt.o t" ' No.2 ) rrcq u it tal. l,eanrcd coutrsel for petitioner/ accused crontctlrlecl that ils ttre case against accuscd No 1 ended ln l)u rposc 11,6s1fl bc servcd in cor-rtinr-Ling thc proccedings against petitioner/accused l\o.2, charged for pctitioner / the same offences' It ts accused No 2 is absconding and an NBW is pending agalnst fairly submitted that

6. Learned counsci for pctitioncr/ accused No 2 submittcd that b)' an order in Case No'CC/03OO346 12017 clatcd 06.05 2025' NBW u'as issued and is pending' Learned counsei submitted that petitioner / accu sed No'2 is nilling to appear before the Court and seek a recall of NBW' It is also submitted that petitioner / accused No 2 is apPrehensive of his arrest' \\ \ F*FE."k!t? \,!a- ". I - l-r1::, 1 IAK.I ' .) i, ) a:)L)., )0)5 7 . Lr-'arnr'<l r\ssista rrt [)Lrblic prosecutor lirr rcsponcient No. l-Statc strltnrittcii tlr.tt l)c[itioller/:tccrr..,c] \o.2 is absconding, \BW rrrrs issrLcd on an applir ,r.1olt/ IreliLton and exccution ts ltendrrrv B. Hcard lcarncd counsels, perused tht recc,rd lrncl considered the str bmission s

9. On l(r.rJS._20l+. onc Smr. Fl. [,a]ilra liurnari, a rt:sidcnt ol i(apr-a. loclgcrl ir con-r1;laint sl.. ilg [hat on 18.O7.2014 aL alrolrt S:(JO ltor-rrs, some unl<nr:rr n of.f cnders snatchcd hcr- solcl chrrin. rrporr rr'hic,h, an l:. l:l Ncr.63O of 2014 in Kusltaigurda policc Station r,r.as registe.recl lor the offences uncler Sections 356, 382 ancl l. 1 ol lpC. Proceedings on the fikr of II Aclclitional Junicr r)ivil Judge_ cum XX Mctr-opolitan illargistr:trc, Cl,beratlad rrt Mrtlkajgiri, !\'ere up agairrst accusccl No. I uirJe C.C.No.63.2 of 2016 zrnd the case agilinst 1tetitioner/ arccusecl No.2 rvas split up uid,e C.C.No.346 ot' 2017, as; hc u-as :Lbsconding. iiv jr_rdgment datecl 16.O3.2018, the trial Court acquitted i.r.cuscd No.1 for the same olfences. . ,,,,.\ji -r crl i) l\'o.7444 oJ J0-):' lO. Section 356 of IPC is as folloq's: "356. Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of Property carried by a person'- W hoeve r assaults or uses criminal forcc to .rnY l)L-rson, in attcmpting to commtt theft on any llr-opcrt\. $ I.r ich that person is then u'earing or carn ing, shall bc fiunished u'iLh impnsonmcnt of cirht r clcscription lbr a tcrm u'hich may cxtend to t\\'o vears. or u'ith llnt', or u'itir troth "

11. Sectron 382 ol IPC is as follolr's "382. Theft after prcParation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the committing of the theft. - Whoeter commits thcft, having made prcpilr:rtiolt [or causttlg dcath, or hurt, or restraint, i,. fe,tr of deertl'r, or ol hurt, or of restraint, to any persorl, in ordcr to thc commiLLing of such thcft, or i,-, ,,rcle. to the effccting oI his escape after the r:omnrittinq o1'such thcft, or irl ordcr to thc r-ctaining ol' l)roll(:rt-\. takcn bl' such thefl, shall be punisltccl t ith rigorous imprtsonmctrL for a term u'hich n'rert, extelld to LCll ycars, zrLrd shall also be lierblt' to line."

12. Section :l I I of IPC is as follou's: '411. Dishorrestly receiving stolen proPerty - Whocr.cr dishoncstll receivcs or retains any stolen prol)erty, knor.l'ing or having reason to believe the sanrc to bc stolcn property, shall be punished with imprisoument of oither description for a term ri hich rn:ry cxtend to three years, or rvith ftne, or rr ith boLh." reflccted in the charge sheet that

13. It petitioner/ accuscd No.2 purchased the stolen articles from accused No.'l and in turn sold them to one Sikander- \ \ t. )AK,1 , A.. r ra, ./ .),t-r.) accused No.3. In a lLrll fledgt:cl trial, prosecr r rn Iailecl to prove tl-rat ac<.usccl No. 1 committed offer-rce, C,,tr_t lrcld tt_rat prosecutior-r lirilecl to provc lllc gr-rilt ol the i r.c.r-rsr:rl No. l bcvond all rcitsor-rrrltlc dorrltt iincl its sLtch :rCt:rr.r.cl No.1 r.r,as acqr,rittccl. Accr:sccl No. I is allegcd of tlri, oflt:nce of snatching o1-golcl chaiu and thc szrmc is not p; r,. 1.fl.

14. Be thal as it trar', pctirroncr/zrccuscd li,r 2 is trllei4ccl to have purcltaseci thc golcl, u.hcn arccrr,;i.ri No.1 is acquittcd, irccrrsed No.2 cartnoL bc further. grr.osccr-rtcd. Accounl-ed No.2 is abscondinq. I petitior-rer/ i i.cuse<] No.2 makes an application/pclilioll lor rccall of I\, llr\/. thr: tr.ial Court shall considcr tlter sarnir taLkirrg into ,r.coultL t hc judgment rcndcrcd in casc of :rccused No. I and pass orders.

15. As the vcrv oflences charged/lerrcllecl aerrirLst accuscd No.1 have not been provcd ancl accusecl No.1 .r r s not found gr-rilt_r', cont-inuancc ol procccdings agair,:t petitiollcr herein/accused No.2 u ould bc an abuse of pr.,.,ocss of larv. .nlo Petit ioner/ ar:cur se d No.2 sl-rall not be arrested or tal<e11 3lW 7 JAI<' J C.PNo.7440of2O).4 clrstody bl the Police under thc premise that NBW is pcnding 1(r. Petitiorter,/erccr-rsecl No 2 shall lile a pelitiorl before the :rppropriatc Court lor rccall ol'NUW On such liling' trial Cor-rrt sl-rall consicler thc judgment in C C No'632 of 2016' dated i6.03.2013 (acquitting accused No'1) and pass appropriatc orclers s'ithin a periocl of four (4) rveeks from the datt'oI rcccipt ol petitit-rn' l7 With thc airor.t' ol:servatiotrs lhc (lriminarl Pctition is disposccl o I Miscellaneor-rs applications pending, if any' shall stand closcd SD/- A.JAYASREE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER

1. The ll Additional Junior cum Judge-cum-ll Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Cyberabad at Hyderabad

2. The Xth Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Malkajgiri. 3. The Station House Officer, Kushaiguda Police Station, Cyberabad 4. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of TS, at Hyderabad. (OUT) 5. One CC to Mr. K SAI BABU, Advocate IOPUCI 6. Two CD Copies To, r RC/PSL .-:_, i?., r,?- t..ilsF-r _ _t?--""-:- -5 E*- ::,_:a:q. ]llr '-*r:-"" - HIGH COURT DATED: 2210812025 ORDER CRLP.No.7440 ot 2025 -'a:'=='' -, \'.L ,.11 ^' // /" /(> -i :) t) tl052 D, ,-r 't 2 .:/ The Criminal Petition is Disposed of. d 4/t /v /to,ZA t