The High Court · 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 call for the records in CC No.119B of 2024 on the file of Judicial First Class l\/agistrate (ADM-ll) Miryalguda and quash the same LA. 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 stay of all further proceedings against the petitionerslA-1 and A-2 in CC No.1198 oI 2024 on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate (ADM-Il) Miryalguda, pending disposal of the main criminal petition This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing ne Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the a'< uments of Sri CH RAVlNDER,Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri V.JITHENt ER RAO Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No 1 . and rone appear for the Respondent No2. The Court made the following: ORDER .-i .in.?a] I I f IN THE HIGH COURT FOR I'IIE STA'TE OF TELANGANA AT IIYDE,RABAD .I'HE HONOUITABLE SRI JUS'I'ICE J.SREBNIVAS RAO CItlMIN.,\L PEI'ITION No.l64 95 of 2025 Date: I1.12.2025 Betwecn Dheeravathu Soni and another 'l'he StaLc of Tclangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, lligh Cout lbr thc State of at I lyclcrabail and another' AND .l'elangana, ORDER Petitioners .Respondents lliis Criminal Petition has beeu filed sceking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No. I 198 of 2024, on the tlle of learned Judicial First Class Magistrate (ADM-ll), MiLyatguda, wherein the petitioncrs werc arrayed as accuscd Nos.l and 2, for the oflences punishable under Section 318 (4) olthe Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 7 of the Essential Cornmodities Act, 1955

2. Ilcard Mr.CH.Ravinder, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.Jithendar Rao Veerarnalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor lor respondent No.1 2 3 . 'f hc spcc:ilic allegation against the petitioncr' /'accused Nos. I and 2 is that thc1,have procured PDS ricc lrom the beneficiaries at chcapcr ralc t() sell the satlc fil' protit and on ()7 (

7.2024 at about ()-5:00 lrours, thc pctitioncrs u erc f ound tn pt's ;cssion o1' I 0 tlu intals ol I'[)S ricc.

1. Leat'uctl couttsel {bl the lletitioncrs rvo i d subrnit that ivithout thcrc bcirrq atry cotuplatnI fi-otll any ben: rc ia ry, allcging that thc ricc u'as procurcd cleceptii'ely or u'ith a cl i oinal intertt and chargirrg tltc pctitrotters lirr prosccution is uutenat,l : artd improper. Ihc allegations. eveu takett at thcir iacc value citrt ,ot Lrc susta irtcd against tlrr: pctitioncrs. lrutther, this Cour1, in C t .P.Nos.5709 of 2019 and 33,19 ol 20 15. while considering tht same situation, categoLically obscrvcd that tlle of l-ences alle r xl against the petitioncls thcr-cin cotrld not be continued and acc-- 'rlin.gly quashed tlic procccdings. l'lrc petitionets are also etltitled ( the samc relief and hencc praycd to quash the proceedings agains hc pctitioucrs.

5. The lcarned Additioual Public Prosecutor srr rmits that as per prosecution, thc ofl'cnces said to have been crr nmitted by the petitioners arc cheating and violation of Section I of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and requested to pass appr ,ltriatc orders. =ry 3 I I t t i 6 Section 7 of thc Essential Conrn-rodities Act conternplate that any person contravenes with the production, supply, distribution and trade of essential contnroclir.ics. is punishablc. As pcr the prosecution, the pctitioncrs have pr.ocurcd pDS rice fiom the ( { bcneflciaries afiel supply liorlr the dealer

1. A Coordinate Bcnch olthis Courl in Crl.P.No.7227 ol 2025 has considered the identical lacts and observed that "'l ltra is no e\,erru(nt indittttng thot the pctitioner irt rttt1, \rr1, dcct,p!itelv indttttl tlrc lt,nt,/itirtrtt.t /t) puri \,ith tfu sry4tlicrl l,DS ric.L, ot !hc henalicitttt e tnL\tL1l tht, l'!).\ rit.t, purcltu.sctl bt,tlrtt tt,ttlt tlrc l)ctit!t)t1er untl tlttv tlishonLttly utttLrttpntltriotetl or ttttt,tcrttd to thL,ir oittl usa or ust'd it in t'iolotiotr of u lutlttl direction or cotltru('t ln tltc obsence oJ'e.ssentitl .[acrcrs. ttn tha .[oct, qf'proseation, tltil Court /iruls it to l,e o Jit cosc to (\crLi.\( tlta jtrrisdictiott undar Sectrcn i)8 o/ BNSS, 202i. Thus, coDtinuoncc ol ltntc:(ulings osainst thc petitioncr t.s ohusc o/ process of lot ".

8. The lacts and circumstances of the present case also similar to those in the above case and hence, this Court finds it to be a fit case to cxercise jurisdiction under Section 528 of BNSS by applying the same analogy arld to quash the proceedings against the petitioners herein

9. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in C.C.No. I 198 of 2024, on the flle of learned Judicial First Class Magistrate (ADM-ll), Miryalguda, against the petitioners/accused Nos. I and 2, are hereby quashed. 4 Perr,-iing tniscellaneous applications, i1' r r1" sliall stand /\ SD/. A.H. i. GOWRI SHANKAR ASIJ STANT REGISTRAR ', \/ SECTION OFFICER //TRUE COPY// closcd \ To, 'l The Judicial First Class Magistrate (ADI\4-ll) tvli''alguda 2 The Station House Officer, Police Station Miryalaguda F ural , nalgonda District 3 One CC to SRl. CH RAVINDER Advocate [OPUC] 4 Two CC to SRl. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR High court f('r tne state of Telangana at Hyderbad [OUT] 5 Two CD Copies G AG HIGH COURT JSRJ DATED:1 111212025 I ..;\ TE .'*$(N C\rJ\ .s lH* t 7l ) i\ C) l-& ORDER CRLP.No.16495 of 2025 CRLP IS ALLOWEI) \ \ o