Telangana High Court
CRLP/16419/2026 of Veeramalla Ramesh Vs The State of Telangana on 6 October 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 16419 OF 2026 Between: Veeramalla Ramesh, S/o Alvaiah, age 45 Years, Occ. Business Rio Nampally Nalgonda
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 16419 OF 2026
Between:
Veeramalla Ramesh, S/o Alvaiah, age 45 Years, Occ. Business Rio Nampally Nalgonda District.
...PETITIONER/ACCUSED
AND
The State of Telangana, Rep by its Public Prosecutor High Court for the State of Telangana Hyderabad.
..RESPONDENT
Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the A/lemorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash the CC No.1032 of 2025 on the file of on the file of the Addtttonal Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Devarakonda in the interest of justice.
l.A. NO: 2 OF 2026
Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the lt/emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to Stay all further proceedings in CC No.1032 of 2025 on the file of on the file of the Additional Judicial l\/agistrate of First Class at Devarakonda pending disposal of the above Criminal Petition.
This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the lVemorandum of Grounds of Crrminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Bethepu Dileep Kumar, Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent The Court made the following: ORDER
IN'THE HIGH COURT FORTHE STATE OF'TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION No.1 6419 of2026
CNR No. : H8HC01068443202G
Date: 06.10.2026
Betu een
Veeramalla Ramesh
Petitioner
AND
fhe State ol Telangana
...Respondents
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ORDER
This C'riminal Petition has been filed by the petit ioneriaccused seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.1032 of 2025 on the file of the learned Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, at Devarakonda.
2. Heard Mr.Dileep Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and \4r.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, leamed Additional public Prosecutor lirr respondent
3. The specihc allegation against the petitioneriaccused is that he has procured PDS rice tiom the beneficiaries at cheaper rate to selr the same for profir and on r6.09.2024, the petitioner was found in possession of i2 quintais of pDS rice.
4. Leamed counsel for the petitioner 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 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.5109 of 2019, while 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 prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner
5. The leamed 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 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 benehciaries after supply from the dealer.
7. A Coordinate Ilench of this Court in Crl.p.No.7227 of 2025 has considered the identical facts and observed that: " ThL,re is no drerment indicating thqt the petitbner in an.v way ,lt.ceptit,eiy induced the beneJiciaries to pert y,ith the supplieci PDS rice t)t the benafi.ion entrusted the PDS rice purchased by thent wrth the p(titk)ner und they dishonestly mi.sappropriated or conyerted to their t:rrn use or used it in v'tolation of u lavful direction or contract. In the ultsance o.l essential fut:ktrs, on the face of prosecution, this Court finds tt to he q lit cctse to exerLise thejurisdiction under Section 523 ofBNSS, l()23. Thus. continuance of proceeclings against the petitioner is ctbtue oJ proces.t of ltm ".
8. -[he facts and circumstances of the present case also similar to those in the above case and hence, this Court finds it to be a frt case to exercise jurisdiction under Section 528 of BNSS by appl)'ing the same analogy and to quash the proceedings against the petrtioner herein
9. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allow'ed and the procee(lings in C.C.No.1032 of 2025 on the file of the learned Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, at Devarakonda, against the petitioner accused, are hereby quashed. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed IITRUE COPYII SD/. K. VANI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR SECTION OFFICER To,
1. The Add tional Judicial l\,4agrstrate of First Class at Devarakcnda
2. The Stat on House Officer, Nampally potice Sirti"l Natgoncla
3. Two CCs to Public proseculor. High Court for the Siate of Telangana Hyderabad [OUT] at q One CC to Sri Bethepu Dileep Kumar, Advocate [OpUC] Two CD Copies ABK,/GNK w t
HIGH COURT DATED: 0611012026
ORDER
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