CRLP/725/2025 of T. Anjanna Vs Akaram Jayanth Kumar on 31 December 2025

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

WEDNESDAY,THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO

CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 725 OF 2025

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T Anjanna, S/o Bhadraiah, Aged about 62 years, Occ: Retired Tahsildar. R/o H.No.'10-2-829, Vidya Nagar, Karim Nagar.

...Petitioner/Accused No. 2

'l . Akaram Jayanth Kumar, S/o Bhaskar, Aged about 38 years, Occ Tahasildar'

Ashok Nagar, Sircilla, Rajanna Siricialla.

2. The State of Telangana,, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad.

...Respondents

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 call for the records relating to Crime No. 19 of 2025, dated 11-01 2025

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on the file of Thangallapalli Police station, Rajanna Siricilla District, and quash the proceedings.

l.A. NO: 2OF 2025

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 Crime No 19 of 2025, dated 11'

01-2025, on the file of Thangallapalli Police Station, Rajanna Siricilla District, including arrest of the petitioner/Accused No.2.

This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the lvlemorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the argL'rents of Sri Katika Ravinder Reddy ,Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri ltrl Vi,r,,kananda Reddy, the Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respon J :nt No.2 and none appeared for the Respondent No.1

The Court made the following: ORDER

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

TIIE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO

CRIMINAL PE'IITION No.725 of 2025

Date:31.12.2025

Between:

T.Anjanna S/o Bhadraiah

...Petitioners

AND

Akaram Jayanth Kumar and another

..Respondents

ORDE,R

This Criminal Petition is frled seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.19 o12025 on the file of Thangallapalli Police Station, Raj anna Sircilla District, wherein the petitioner was arrayed as accused No. 2 for the offences punishable under Sections 120-8,420,467,471 and 409 r/w Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, "IPC").

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Heard Ms.K.Archana, leamed counsel for the petitioner and Sri M.Vivekananda Reddy, leamed Additional Public Prosecutor, appearing for respondent No.2.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner subnt: :ted that the respondent No.l/de facto corrlplainant, while di;charging his official duties as Tahsildar, lodged the cornpla r t against the petitioner by making falsc allegations. The pettt oner has not created or fbrged any document. The nature of t re allegations made in the complaint is purely civil in nature. l' re ingredients of the oflences under Sections 409 and 467 of tt e IPC do not attract against the petitioner. The other offences r velled against the petitioner are punishable with imprisonment of I :ss than seven years. The police registered the crime only with a r intention to harass the petitioner at the instance of local l olitical party pressure

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He further submitted that based on simil r complaints lodged by respondent No.l, Crime No.79 of 2021 'ras registered for the very same offences against the petitior er, who was arrayed as accused No.2 in the said crime. I he petitioner approached this Court by filing Crl.P. No.3017 of 'I25, and this Court, by order dated 01 .05 .2025, disposed of the ;aid Criminal Petition directing the Investigating Officer to pro ;eed with the investigation aryl not to take any coercive ste:; against the -- petitioner. In the present case also, very same allegations are levelled against the petitioner. Therefore, the petitioner is entitled to the very same relief which was granted by this Court in Crl.P. No.3017 of 2025.

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Learned Additional Public Prosecutor has not disputed the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner

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Taking into consideration the above submissions, without expressing any vierv on the rnerits of the case, the Investigating Officer is directed to conclude the investigation in Crime No.l9

of 2025. The petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and produce the documents which are in his possession. The Investigating Officer is further directed not to take any coercive steps against the petitioner

7. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed oi Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed.

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Officer, Thangallapalli Police Station, Rajanna Siricilla blic Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at

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DATED:31/1212025

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