Telangana High Court
CRLP/15804/2026 of Katravath Ravi Vs The State of Telangana on 28 September 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 15804 OF 2026 Between: 1. Katravath Ravi, S/o. Laxmipathi, aged 45 years, Occ: Business, R/o.
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
MONDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 15804 OF 2026
Between:
1. Katravath Ravi, S/o. Laxmipathi, aged 45 years, Occ: Business, R/o.
Kundhelbavi Thanda, H/o. Cherukupally, Dindi Mandal, N/o. Hanuman Nagar, Devarakonda, Nalgonda District.
2. Juluri Ramesh Babu @ Babu Setu, Aged 61 years, Occ: Rice lvlill Owner, R/o.
Kalwakurthy, Nagarkurnool District.
...PETITIONERYACCUSED Nos.4 & 6
AND
1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana, at Hyderabad.
2. Sri. Parasa Satyaraj,, S/o. Pullaiah, Aged 57 years, Occ: Revenue lnspector, Dindi, Nalgonda District.
...RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT
Petition under Section 528 of BNSS, praying that in the circumstances stated in the I\/emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash the impugned proceedings in C.C. No. 1093 of 20'18 the file of the Additional Junior Civil J udge-cum-J ud icia I lrrlagistrate of First Class, Devarakonda, in so far as petltioners /
Accused Nos. 4 and 6 are concerned, in the interest ofjustice.
f.A. NO: 1OF 2026
Petrtion 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 grant interim stay of all further proceedings in C.C. No. 1093 of 2018, on the flle of the Additional Junior Civil J udge-cu m-J ud icial lVagistrate of First Class, Devarakonda, including appearance and attendance of the petitioners / Accused Nos. 4 and 6, pending disposal of the above Criminal petition.
This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perustng the l/lemorandum of Grounds of criminat Fetition and upon hearing the arguments of sri Rathan Singh M, Advocate for the Petitioner and of Sri. Jithender Rao Veeramalla, the Additional Publrc Prosecutor for the State of Telangana on behalf of the Respondents.
The Court made the following: ORDER
IN THE HIGH COURT FORTHE STATE OF TELANGANA
ATHYDERABAD
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION No.15804 of 2026
CNR.No.HBHC0106507 92026
Date:28.09.2026
Between:
Katravath Ravi and another
...Petitioners
AND
The State ofTelangana, and another
...Respondents
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ORDER
This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners/accused Nos.4 and 6 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.1093 of 2018 on the file of the Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Devarakonda
2. Heard Mr.M.Rathan Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondents.
3. Though the criminal petition was filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.1093 of 2018, when this Court expressed a !- view that the grounds raised by the petitioners are disputed facts and the same have to be decided by the trial Court al1er a full- fledged trial, especially as there are specific allegations against the petitioners in the complaint as weil as in the fina1 reporl that the accused persons purchased rice from the Fair Price Shop dealer, and the Fair Price Shop dealer was also made as accused No.3, whether the allegations 1evelled in the complaint as well as in the final report and the statement given by L.W.1 are true or not has to be revealed during the course of investigation, at this stage, the leamed counsel for the petitioners requested this Court to dispense with the presence of petitioners/accused Nos.4 and 6 in C.C.No.1093 of 2018 on the file of the Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Devarakonda, on the ground that the matter before the trial Courl has not yet ripened for the trial and the petitioners wants to face the prosecution to prove their innocence. As such the leamed counsei sought for dispensing w:th the presence ofpetitioners before the trial Court
The leamed Additional Public Prosecutor has not opposed the submissions made by the learned counsel for petitioners.
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5. ln view of the above submissions, the presence of the petitionersiaccused Nos.4 and 6 in C.C.No.1093 of 2018 on the file of the Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Devarakonda, IS dispensed with, subject to the condition that they shall be represented through their counsel on each and every date of hearing. If the presence of the petitioners is required, they shall appear before the trial Court. In case of their non-appearance on the specific date frxed by the trial Court for their appearance, the trial Court is entitled to proceed with the matter, in accordance with law
6. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed of. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed. ,TRUE COPY// SD/. K. BHAVANI SWAMY ASSISTANT REGISTRAR SECTION OFFICER To
1. The Judicial First Class Magistrate at Devarakonda
2. The Station House Officer' Dindi Police Station' Nalgonda District'
3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor' High Court for the State of Telangana' at HYderabad [OUT]
4. One CC to Sri. Rathan Singh M' Advocate IOPUC]
5. Two CD CoPies Pr/BA ry'
HIGH COURT DATED: 2810912026
ORDER
CRLP.No.15804 of 2026 j o7 osT2s26 1t'I STAre -**, \U o.\ , rrk: ,,..1C DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION 1Y D \Dp6