Telangana High Court
CRLP/16639/2026 of SYED SHAHNAWAZ MOHIUDDIN Vs The State of Telangana, on 8 October 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 16639 OF 2026 Between: 1. SYED SHAHNAWAZ MOHIUDDIN, S/o. Syed Ahmed Mohiuddin, Aged about 37 years, Occ
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF OCTOBER
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 16639 OF 2026
Between:
1. SYED SHAHNAWAZ MOHIUDDIN, S/o. Syed Ahmed Mohiuddin, Aged about 37 years, Occ Private Employee, R/o H.No.8-3-2281120611 ' Jawahar Nagar, near Noor High School, HYderabad.
2 ABDUL RASHEED,, S/o. Abdul Jaleel, Aged about 35 years, Occ. Private Employee, R/o. H No.B-3-2 28t1064, Jawahar Nagar, Hyderabad- 3 NiIOHAMMED YASEEN, S/o. l\Iohammed Yousuf, Aged about 39 years, Occ Private Employee, R/o. H.No 8-3-22816781177 , Jawahar Nagar, Hyderabad
4. SYED SARFARAZ IMOHIUDDIN,, S/o. Late Syed Ahmed Mohiuddin, Aged about 33 years, Occ. Auto Driver, R/o. H. No.B-3-2281120611, Jawahar Nagar, near Noor High School, HYderabad.
...PETITIONERS/ACCUSED Nos. 1 to 4
AND
1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad.
2. Sri lVl Aditya, Senior Cl, O/o. Assistant Civil Supplies Office, Khairatabad'
Circle-Vll, Hyderabad.
, ..RESPONDENTS
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 cc No. 15474 of 2024 on the file of the XIV Additional chief Judrcial I\/agistrate at Nampally, Hyderabad, for the alleged offences under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 7(1)(a)(i) of the Essential commodities Act, 1955 to the extent of the petitioners/Accused Nos.'l to 4.
l.A. NO:2OF 2026
Petition under Sectron 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated rn the lllernorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Coun may be pleased to stay all fu(her proceedings in CC No. 15474 of 2024 on the file of the XIV Additional Chief Judicial [t4agistrate at Nampally Hyderabad pending discosal of the above Criminal Petition.
This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the lt/emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of N,4s. I\il. Raja Laxmi, Advocate for lhe Petitioners, Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No. 1
and none appeared for the Respondent No. 2.
The Court made the following: ORDER
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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION No.16639 of 2026
CNR No.HBH C010696012026
Date: 08.10.2026
Syed Shahnawaz Mohiuddin and 3 others
...Petitioners
AND
The State of Telangana, and another
...Respondents
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ORDER
This Criminal Petition has been filed by the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 4 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.15474 of 2024, on the file of the XIV Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Nampally, Hyderabad.
2. Heard Ms.M.RajaLaxmi,learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, leamed Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1 .
3. The specific allegation against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 4 is that they have procured PDS rice and wheat from the beneficiaries at cheaper rate to sell the same for profit and on Between:
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13.07.2024. the petitioners were found in possession of 49.40 quintals of PDS rice and 1 1 .70 quintals of PDS wheat.
4. L,eamed counsel for the petitioners would submit that without there being any complaint from any beneficiary, alleging that the rice was procured deceptively or with a criminal intent and charging the petitioners for prosecution is untenable and improper The allegations, even taken at their face value cannot be sustained against the petitioners.-Further, this Court, in Crl.P.No.5709 of 2019, while considering the sarne situation, categorically observed that the offences alleged against the petitioners therein could not be crrntinued and accordingly quashed the proceedings. The petitioners are also entitled to the same relief and hence prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners
The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that as per prosecution, the offences said to have been committ.ed by the petitioners is cheating and violation of Section 7 (1) (a) (i) of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short 'EC Act') and requested to pass appropriate orders.
6. Sectioi'r 7 of the EC Act contemplates that any person contravenes with the production, supply, distrihrrti..'n ^.rd trade of .l essential commodities, is punishable. As per the prosecution, the petitioner has procured PDS nce and wheat from the beneficiaries after supply from the dealer. 7 . A Coordinate Bench of this Court in Crl.P.No.7227 of 2025 has considered the identical facts and observed that: "There is no averment indicating that the petitioner in any way deceptively induced the beneficturies to part with the supplied PDS rice or the beneficiary entrusted the PDS rice purchased by them with the petitioner and they dishonestly misappropiated or converted lo their own use or used it in violation of a lawful direction or contract. In the absence of essential factors, on theface of prctsecutit-tn. this Courtfinds it to be a fit case to exercise the jurisdiction under Section 5 28 of BNSS, 2023. Thus, continudnce ofproceedings qgainst the petitioner is ubuse ofprocess of law".
8. The facts 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 exercise jurisdiction under Section 528 of BNSS by applying the same analogy and to quash the proceedings against the petitioners herein.
9. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in C.C.No.15474 of 2024, on the file of the XIV Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Nampally, Hyderabad, against the petitioners/accused Nos. 1 to 4, are hereby quashed I l
Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed SD/. M NAGAMANI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPYII To, SECTI FFICER +- 'l . The XIV Additional Chief Judiciat Ir,4agistrate at Hyderabad
2. The Station House Officer, lrladhura Nagar police Station, Hyderabad 3 T'wo ccs to pubric prosecutor, High court for the state of rerangana, at Hyderabad [OUT]
4. One CC to t\rls. IV. Raja Laxmi, Advocate [OpUC]
5. Trvo CD Copies VH
HIGH COURT DATED: 0811012026
ORDER
GRLP.No.16639 ot 2026 ALLOWING THE CRIMINAL PETIT!ON f) J 17 ocI 2mz
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