Telangana High Court
CRLP/16139/2026 of Nenavath Ramesh Vs The State of Telangana on 1 October 2026
COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 16139 OF 2026 [ 3303 ] Busrness, College, Between: Nenavath Ramesh, S/o. Nenavath Keshya, age 36 years, Occ
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 16139 OF 2026
Busrness,
College,
Between:
Nenavath Ramesh, S/o. Nenavath Keshya, age 36 years, Occ R/o.H.No.17-1-3S1t2Kl93t78,Kha1abagh, Near Padmavathi Sardabad, Hyderabad-500 059.
...PETITIONER/ACCUSED No.1
AND
1. The State of Telangana, rep.by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana, High Court Buildings at Hyderabad.
2. Ivludavath Sagar, S/o. Chandya, age 36 years, Occ. Wardnumber, R/o'
Kattakommu Thanda, Devarakonda Mndal, Nalgonda District.
...RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANTS
Petition under section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the l\/emorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition, the High court may be pleased to quash the proceedings rn FIR No. 347 t2O26, Dl. 26.09-2026 on the file of devarakonda PS, Nalgond District for the offences U/S 126(2),115(2)'351(2),352 rtw 3(5) BNS
l.A. NO: 2 OF 2026
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 grant stay of all further proceedings in FIR No. 34712026, D|.26.09.2026 on the file 6f Devarikonda PS, Nalgond Disirict for the offences U/S 126(2),115(2),351(2)'352
r/w 3(5) BNS, pending disposal of the Quash petition.
This Petttion coming on for hearing, upon perusing the [Vlemorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of sri P RAJESH, Advocate for the Petitioner and sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, the Addl. Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and none appeared on behalf of the Respondent No.2.
The Court made the following: ORDER
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IN THE HIGH COURT T-OR 1'tI U SI'A]'E OF'I'[.LANGANA
A'I'HYDI'RABAD
.tHE TIONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO
CRIMINAL PFITITION No.l6l39 of 2026
CNR No. HBflCiO I 0673632026
Date:01.10.2026
Between:
Nenavath Ramesh
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-fhe State ofTelangana and another
Respondents
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ORDER:
This Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'the BNSS') by the Pr'titioncri Acc usccl \o. I cluash thc procccdings in F.l.R. No.3e7 of 2026 of Devarakonda Police Station, Nalgonda District, registered for the offences punishahle under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 351(2) and 352 rlw 3(5) ofthe Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'the BNS')
2. Heard Mr. P.Rajesh, leamed counsel for the petitioner, and Mr.Jit.hendar Rao Veeramalla. learncd Additional Public Prosecutor for - respondent No. l. With their consent, this criminal petition is disposed of at the stage of admission.
3. l,earned counsel fbr the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has not committed any offence and he has been falsety implicated in the present crime due to political rivalry. He lurther submitted that the offences levelled against the petitioner are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years and the Investigating Officer without following the mandatory procedure as prescribed under Section 35(3) ofthe BNSS and the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Biharr, is proceeding with the investigation and the same is contrary to [aw. 4.1 Per contra, the leamed Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there are specific allegations levelled in the complaint and the said allegations attract the ingredients of the offences under Sections 126(2), 115(2),351(2) and352 r/w 3(5) olthe BNS. The investigation is under progress. At this stage, the petitioner is not entitled to seek quashing of the proceedings. 4.2 He further submitted that the offences levelled against the petitioner are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years and '(20 r4) 8 scc 273
EE@EE!E7 the Investigating Ofticer had already served notice to accused Nos.2 to 4 on 2ti.09.2026 and when the Investigating Offrcer tried to serve the notice under Section 35(3) of the BNSS, the petitioner is avoiding recei'ring the same and not cooperating with the investigation. Hence, the petitioner is not entitled to seek cluashing of the proceedings at this stage
5. The learned counsel tbr the petitioner by way of reply submitted that the petitioner w ill cooperate with the investigation.
6. Having considered the rival submissions made by the respective parties and after perusal ofthe material available on record. it reveals that the oll'ences levelled against the petitioner are punishablc with imprisonment of less than seven ycars. Evcn according to the leamed Addi.ional Public Prosecutor, the Investigating Officer had already served notice under SecLion 35(3 ) ol the IINSS to accused Nos.2 to 4 on 28.09.2026 and wants to fbllow the very samc procedurc in respect of the petrtroner
1. In view o1' thc sarnc. thc pctitioncr/accuscd No.l is dirccted to appear before the Investigating Ollicer on or befbre 13.10.2026 and on such appearance, the Investigating Officer is directed to scrupulously follow the due procedure as contemplated under the provisions of the BNSS and the guidelines issued by the Hon'ble Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar (supra). The petitioncr shall cooperate with the investigation. It is needless to mention that the petitioner is entitled to put lorrh his grievance before the Investigating Officer by raising all the pleas which are available to him and hc is also entitled to submit the documents, which are in his custody
8. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of, Miscellaneous applications, pending ilany, shall stand closed. SD/-C. DEEPIKA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER
1. The Addl. Judicial t\/agistrate of First Class, Devarakonda, Nalgond District
2. The station House Officer, Potice station Devarakonda, Nalgond District
3. TwoCCstoPUBL|CPROSECUTORHighCourtfortheStateofTelangana, at Hyderabad [OUT]
4. One CC to SRl. P RAJESH Advocate IOPUC]
5. Two CD CoPies TPK/GNK \v To,
HIGH COURT DATED: 0111012026
ORDER
CRLP.No.16139 of 2026 9,9 STATE
q oo 0l o$ 2ul6 + I . a'r t, CRIMINAL PETITION IS DISPOSED OF I .*@L