High Court · 2025

...RESPONDENT No'2/DE-FACTO COMPLAINANT 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 proceedings against the Petitioner/Accused No'2 in C.C.No. 339 of 2O21on the file of the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate' at Mahaboobnagar arising out of Cr' No 1 73 of 2021 of PS 'l - town ' MBNR' l.A. NO: 20F 2023 Petition under Section 482 ol Ct '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 the proceedings' including the appearance of the Petitioner/Accused No 2 in C'C No 339of 2021 arising out of Cr' No 173 ot 2021 of PS 1- town, MBNR, on the file of the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate at Mahaboobnagar. This petitir r comir Grounds of crirn,,r, vA 'HNAV for hearing' upon perusing the Memorandum of ^S.illllT l[ gilli::; ""fl^ln .qo,,,,,tu' ;l ili +U::: on beharr or tne nespono"",i *".', and rrrone Appeared ror j..,ltr l[ ::T"|'o::ll ]T" The Court made t re following: ORDER TTIE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICD E'V' VENUGOPAL PETITIONNo .111 77 oF2o23 cRTMINAL ORDER: This Criminal Petition is hled under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure' 1973 (for short 'Cr'P'C'') by the petitioner, who is arrayed as accused No'2' seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C'C'No'339 of 2O2l pending on the hle of Judicial First Class Magistrate' Mahaboobnagar' registered for the offences punishable under Sectio ts 42O and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860' Heard Ms' Vaishnavi' learned counsel for the 2. petitioner/ accused No.l and Mr' E' Ganesh' learned Assistant for respondent No'l - State' Though notice was served, none aPPeared on behalf of resPondent No.2 / cornPlainant' Public Prosecutor Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that though 3. the petitioner is not involved in the alleged tralsactions between accused No.1 and the husband of respondent No'2 in any manner, accr-rsed No' 1 ald respondent No' 2 besides insisting the petitioner for repayment of the said amount' also threatened him with dire consequences' He also submitted that the 2 petitioner \ ias irnplicated in the case with fals,-. i,Lnd fabricateci allegatiorr s rvithout there being any corroboratrve evidence. He also subnri ,:d that the petitioner neithei- the cjrawer of the alleged ch:< rre issued in favour of husband of responde nor a suret) f cr the repayment of the alleged amount. He prayed rhe ( ourt to allow the Criminal petition bv rluash nt No.2 nce, he ing the proceedinl3r; rqarnst the petitioner. 4 Or. t, r.': other hand, Iearned Assistant F,rbii,:: prosecutor submittecl r. r:.t there are serious allegatior s rrgainst the petitioner' v'l i'::h requires tria-r for eliciting the t*re facts of the case. Hent:r,. Lre prayed the Court to dismiss ttre Crimina_l Petition.

5. In viev ,:rf the submissions made by both the lrarties, this Court has p,--:r sed the material erridence available o;_t record. It is apparent that r,.ren as per the statement of respop,llent No.2, there is no rne ltion of specifrc allegation against rte petitioner, which itself r-.r;t r blishes that false allegations have ,et,:n levelled against the peti i,:rner. 6 At this st;r13t, it is reievant to note the observatrons made by the Apex Ccu ; in State of Haryd.nd. qnd, others rrs \ 3 Bhoionlalt, whereunder the following categories were illustrated, wherein the extraordinary power under Article 226 of the Constitution of India or the inherent powers under Section 482 C:.P.C. can be exercised by the High Court to prevent the abuse of process of any Court or otherwise to secure the ends of justice. The said categories are extracted as under: "1. Were the allegatials . the First lnformation Report*or i)"-iiptai"t' euen'if theg are taken in *eir entirety do not at tleir 7ou 'ol""r,n'i "ii'ia pima facie constiiti- aig i71""n or make out a case -against tle acansed' *od" '.i' - First Information 2. Where tle allegrrtions in tle Report and ottu' *oiiiils' if ang' accompanging the FIR donotdiscloseic"i"'u"au--tff"ne'-iustifgin4an inuestigation ag poiu"iitr""o undei section 156 (1) of the i7 " ruragistrate uithin tte code except ""d:;;;L:;ir i"Li"its'ction 155 (2) of t?e Code' 3. Where the uncontrouerted atlegatiorts made in the FIR or comptai"*"Ia'ii*"JJai*ii *!y3d in support of the same ao notTi"io;e tue.com\ts::2n of ang offene and make out a coLse agairtst the accalsea' 4. Wlere, tle allegations in tle FIR do not arustitute a coonizable offence aut'"inJit't" onlg' a non-agnizable offeice, no inuestigati"""i""i"ii'ted-by a polie oJfier iithout an order o7 o uolii'"rt ot toit"*plated under S"r:tion 155 (2) of the Code' 5. Where the alleaations made in tLe FIR or complaint are so absurd'iii"-ir**"'lg improbable on tle basis of uthich no p*oJni'p'"oon can eu'er reach a iust ground for proceeding anclusion that there i'"-iii"' against tlrc acansed'

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7. This Ccr-rr the Apex Court r that even il- the there are no ctir.r I harring respectful agreement rvith the view ta_ken by 'L the aforesaid judgment, is of the l{rnr,;lds..6 opinion .rial is conducted, no purpose rvo rld be served and specific allegations against the petitio.:rer. 8' According\ ' the criminal petition is Alrowed and trre proceedings against the peiti rrrer/accused No.2 in C.C.No.339 ol L.O:,l,lpending on the file of Judicia I First Class Magistrate, Mahaboobnzrgi r, are hereby quashed. Miscellal-.tr,s applications, if closed. any pending, stLal L also stand //TRUE COPYII "t$e?S,T^Il'AEA,SFRRI a\\ \ 'J , SECT1ON OFFICER i'illi;;l{liliriiii*"li:Jrr:*l+"sini%*ir*;*ry:ansanaa, \-ssp vArsHNAVr, Advocare [opuc] 3 ?*I333t%:[! To I PR HIGH COTJF T DATED:1Z tO?t2O2S ORDER CRLP.No.111t r of 2023 -4-t( 1F T lE 5 r4 a,( o iL- ,) it I ;,tty n5i (n f- z \ o \- (r . - 'j aHSo .d * ALLOWING TI.III J CRL.PETITION v I