Telangana High Court
CRLP/16521/2026 of V.P.Mohammad Arshad Vs The State of Telangana on 7 October 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 16521 OF 2026 Between: V.P.Mohammad Arshad, S/o.tvlohammad Farooq Ahmed, Aged about 21 years, Occ.
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 16521 OF 2026
Between:
V.P.Mohammad Arshad, S/o.tvlohammad Farooq Ahmed, Aged about 21
years, Occ. Bustness, R/o.5-B-38, Jhanrya Mohalla, Netali Nagar, WC
Raichur, P.O. Raichur, Raichur District, Karnataka State.
..PETITIONER/ACCUSED No. 3
AND
1. The State of Telangana, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at HYderabad.
...RESPONDENT
2. Challa Sravanthi, D/o Raji Reddy, DT (CS), lVlancherial, O/o DCSO, Mancherial.
...2Nd RESPONDENT/DEFACTO COMPLAINANT
Petition under section 528 of BNSS praying that rn the clrcumstances stated in the [\/emorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition, the High court may be pleased to quash the proceedings in crime. No. 169 of 2026 on the ftle of P.s.ccc Naspur, lvlancherial District against the petitioner, in the interest of Justice. Pending disposal of the quash petition.
LA. NO: 2OF 2026
Petition under Section 528 of BNSS prayrng that in the circumstances stated in the [Vlemorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition, the High court may be pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings includrng appearance of the Petitioner/Accused in crime No. 169 of 2026 on the file of the P.S.CCC Naspur, X/lancherial District pending disposal of the Petttion.
This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the L4emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Somavarapu Satyanarayana. Advocate for the Petitioner and Publrc Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondents.
The Court made the following: ORDER
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IN THE HIGH COURT FORTHE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
THE HONOT]RABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION No.l652l of 2026
CNR.No. HBHC010691302026
Date:07.10.2026
Between:
V.P.Mohammad Arshad
...Petitioner
AND
The State ofTelangana, and another
...Respondents
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ORDER
This Criminal Petition has been filed by the petitioner/accused No.3 seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR No.169 of 2026 of CCC Nagpur Police Station, Ramagundam District, for the offences punishable under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha,2023 (for short 'BNS') and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
2. Heard Mr.Somavarapu Satyanarayana, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, leamed Additional Public Prosecutor for respondents.
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3. The specific allegation against the petitioner that he has procured PDS rice from the beneficiaries at cheaper rate to sell the same lor proflt and on 10.07 .2026, the petitioner was found in possession of 278.40 quintals of PDS rice.
4. l-earned counsel for the petitioner would submit that without there being any complaint from any beneficiary, alleging that the nce was procured deceptively or with a criminal intent and charging the petitioner for prosecution is untenable and improper The allegations, even taken at his face value cannot be sustained against the petitioner. Further, this Court, in Crl.P.No.5709 of 20 I 9, u,hile considering the same situation. categorically observed that the offences alleged against the petitioners therein could not be continued and accordingly quashed the proceedings. The petitioner is also entitled to the same relief and hence prayecl to quash the proceedings against the petitioner
5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that as per prosecution, the offences said to have been committed by the petitioner is cheating and violation of Section 7 of the Essential - J Commodities Act, 1955 (for short 'EC Act') and requested to pass appropriate orders.
6. Section 7 of the EC Act contemplate that any person contravenes with the production, supply, distribution and trade of essential commodities, is punishable. As per the prosecution, the petitioner has procured PDS rice 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 sverment indicating thot lhe petitioner in any way deceptively induced the beneficiaries to part wilh the supplied PDS rice or the benefciary entrusted the PDS rice purchased by them wilh lhe pelitioner and they dishonestly misapproprialed or converted lo their own use or used it in violation ofa lawlul direction or contracl. In lhe absence of essential faclors, on the Jace of proseculion, this Courl ftnds it to be aft case to erercise the jurisdiction under Section 528 o/ BNSS, 2023. Thus, conlinuance of proceedings against the petitioner is abuse of process 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 petitioner herein.
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9. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in FIR No.l69 of 2026 of CCC Nagpur Police Station, Rar.nagundam District, against the petitioner/accused No.3, are hereby quashed. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed SD/- K. BHAVANI SWAMY ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER
1. The I Additional Judicial lvlagistrate of First Class at lrlancherial
2. The Station House Officer, City Civil Court Narsapur Police Station, Ranragundam.
3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad [OUT] 4 One CC to Sri Somavarapu Satyanarayana, Advocate [OPUC]
5. Two CD Copres € To VH,I]I\
HIGH COURT DATED: 0711012026
ORDER
CRLP.No.16521 of 2026 ALLOWING THE CRIM!NAL PETITION Z JTAfe ?(id 1 \.'s '\. i, E OCI 2O2E 6,i rcl^ \