Telangana High Court
CRLP/15559/2026 of Chiluka Vidya Sagar Vs The State of Telangana on 23 September 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF SEPTEIVBER IWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 15559 OF 2026 Between: 1. Chiluka Vidya Sagar, S/o Joseph Age 56 years Occ Business R/o HNo
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF SEPTEIVBER
IWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 15559 OF 2026
Between:
1. Chiluka Vidya Sagar, S/o Joseph Age 56 years Occ Business R/o HNo 5-1 19
Venkatadripalem (V) Ivliryalaguda (lt/) Nalgonda District 2 SK Akram, S/o Saleem Age 29 years Occ Lorry Drrver R/o Prakashnagar (V)
Miryalaguda Town Nalgonda District
3. Dhanavath Ramarao, S/o Ashya Age 44 years Occ Lorry Owner & Hamali R/o Jamkuthanda (V) l\/iryalaguda (tr,4) Nalgonda District
...PETITIONERS/ACCUSED NO.1 TO 3
AND
1. The State of Telangana, Rep by its Public Prosecutor High Court for the State of Telangana Hyderabad
2. Iagur Surendar Singh, S/o Khandah Singh Age 52 yearc Occ lnspector/Rl Civil Supplies lvliryalaguda Nrlandal Nalgonda District
...RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANTS
Petition under section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the l\4emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash the proceedings in ccNo771 of 2024 on the file of the ll Additional Judictal First Class tVlagtstrate Miryalaguda arising out e Crime No105 of 2024 of It/iryalaguda Rural Police station Nalgonda District against Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3.
l.A. NO: 2 OF 2026
Petition under section 528 of BNSS praying that in the crrcumstances stated in the lVlemorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition, the High court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings in ccNo771 of 2024 on the file of the ll Additional Judiciat First class Magistrate lrrliryalaguda arising out of crime No105 of 2024 of Miryalaguda Rural Pohce Station Nalgonda District against the Petitioners/Accused Nosl to 3 pendlng disposal of the above Criminal Petttion.
This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the lt4emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri KAVALI
VISHNU KANTH, Advocate for the Petitroner 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 FOR THE STATE OF TELI\NGANA
AT HYDERABAD
THE HONOURABLE SRJ JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO
CRIMINAL PETITION No.15559 of 2026
CNR No. : HBHCO10652852026
Date:23.09.2026
Between:
Chiluka Vidya Sagar and two others
..Petitioners
AND
The State ofTelangana and another
Respondents
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ORDER
This Criminai Petition has been filed bv the petitioners/accused Nos.l to 3 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.77l of 2024 on the file of the learned lI Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Miryalaguda
2. Heard Ms.Muthyala Swetha, learned counsel representing Mr. K. Vishnu Kanth, leamed counsel for the petitioners and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla. learned Additional Public Prosecutor Ibr respondent No.1
3. Leamed counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have not committed the alleged offence and have been falsel)' implicated in the present case. Even according to the allegations levelled in the complaint, the ingredients for the offence -I!
under Sections 420 and 109 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, are not attracted against the petitioners, especially when the petitioners have purchased the rice in an open auction and the Collector (CS), Warangal District, issued proceedings vide Flll82l2022, dated 03.03.2024, declaring accused No.1 as the highest bidder. Hence, impleading the petitioners as accused is a clear abuse of process of law.
4. Per contra, leamed Additional Public Prosecutor submits that whether the petitioners purchased the rice in the open auction or not will be revealed during the course of investigation and the petitioners are not entitled to seek quashing of the proceedings at this stage
5. Having considered the rival submissions made by the respective parties and after perusal of the material available on record, especially the final report, it reveals that the Investigating Officer specifically mentioned that accused No. I purchased the PDS rice in the open auction conducted by the concerned authorities and that the Collector (CS), Warangal District, issued proceedings vide Fll182l2O22, dated 03.03.2024. Hence, this =rr---F.ry iqr
To. Court is of the view that continuation of the proceedings against the petitioners is a clear abuse of process of law.
5. .Accordingly, the Criminal petition is allowed and the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos. t to 3 in C.C.No.77l of 2024 on the file of the iearned II Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Miryalaguda, are hereby quashed Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed. SD/- K. BHAVANI SWAMY ASSISTANT REGISTRAR ,TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER
1. The ll Additional Judicial First Class lVlagistrate lvliryalaguda
2. The Station House Officer, Pohce Station I\4iryalaguda Rural, Nalgonda District 3 Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR High Court for the State of Telangana, at llyderabad [OUT] 4 Onr-. CC to SRI KAVALI VISHNU KANTH Advocate [OPUC]
5. Two CD Copies a, 'I PK, GNK
HIGH COURT DATED: 2310912026
ORDER
CRLP.No.15559 of 2026 CRIMINAL PETITION IS ALLOWED 4cqi"> f? cl t- t lo lru