CRLP/11254/2025 of Anumala Revanth Reddy, Vs The State of Telangana, on 7 October 2025

Between :

Anumala Revanth Reddy, S/o. A.Narasimha Reddy, Aged About, 55 Years, Occ.

' Chief IVinister of Telangana, R/o. Plot No. 854/P, Road No 44, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana 500 033. 0/o. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee Gandhi Bhavan, Nampally, IVain Road, Hyderabad, Telangana 500 00.1 .

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENIY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.LAKSHMAN

CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11254 OF 2025

...Petitioner/Accused No.2

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The State of Telangana,, Rep., by its Public Prosecutor For, High court for the state of Telangana.

...Respondent No.1

2. A.Saiddi Reddy, S/o.Not Known to petitioner, Age. Not Known to petitioner, Occ. Sub-lnspector of Police Saifabad PS, 0/o.. Saifabad PS, Hyderabad

...Respondent No.2/De-facto Complainant

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 quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused No 2 in C.C.

No.470 of 2023 on the file of Learned Principal Special Judicial First Class Magistrate for Excise Cases, at Hyderabad.

l.A. NO: 1 OF 2025

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 stay all further proceedings including appearance of the petitioner/

accused in C.C. No.470 of 2023 on the file of Learned Principal Special Judicial First Class Magistrate for Excise Cases, at Hyderabad- This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the lVlemorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Mr T. Bala It/ohan Reddy, representing Sri R.Giri Kumar, Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri Syed Yasar lt/amoon, Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and None appeared for the Respondent No.2.

The Court made the following: ORDER

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IION'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSI{I TAN

CRTMINAL PETITION No.11254 O[' 1025

ORAL ORDT],R:

tleard ir'Ir. T. Bala Mohan Reddy, Icarned cou.rsel representing Sri R. Girikumar, learned counsel tbr the petitioir rr and Sri Syed Yasar Mamoon, leamed Additional Public Prosecutc,r appearing for l"

respondent - State.

2. The present Criminat Petition is filed undc:r Section - 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for slort, 'BNSS') to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.470 of 2023 penrl ng on the file of Iearned Special Judicial Magistrate of F-irst Class lt t Ilxcise Cases, at Hyderabad. The petitioner herein is Accused No 2 in the said case.

The offences alleged against the petitioner herein arc runishable under Sections 143,147,341 and 290 read with 149 oflP(l

3. The allegations leveled against the petitionc herein and other accused are one and the same that they have partic.ip rted in dharna. It is also apt to note that A,1 and A.4 in C.C.No.470 't

- 2023 have filed

an application under Section 528 of Cr.P.C. vide lrl.P.No.5133 of \

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2025 to quash the proceedings in C.C. No.470 of :023. Vide order dated 18.08.2025, this Court allowed the said Criminal Petition, and quashed the proceedings againsr A. I and A.4 in C.C.No .410 of 2023.

4. As discussed supra, the allegations leveled against the petitioners therein/A.2 and A.4 arc also the same. There are no specific overt acts against the petitioner herein. Therefore, the petitioner herein is also standinq on the very same footing. To maintain parity, the petitioncr here in is also entitled for the very same relief to that of A.2 and A.4

5. During the course of hearing, Iearned Public Prosecutor, on instructions, would submit that tlre State has not flted SLP chaltenging the said order dated I8.08.2025 in Crl.P.No.5l33 of 2025

6. ln the light of the albresaid discussion, this Criminal Petition is allou,ed and the proccedings in C.C.No.470 of 2023 pending on the file of the Special Judicial Magistrate of First Class for Excise Cases, at Hyderabad, are hereby quashcd against the petitioner herein - acoused No.2- As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the criminal pe tition shall stand closed.

SD/- A.H.S.GOWRI SHANKAR

ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

Note: This order is amended as per the

Court order dated:09.01.2026 passed

in l.A.No.2 of 2025 in Crlp No.11254 of

2025 by correcting the "accused No.2"

in place of "accused No.1" typographical error in paragraph No.6 in the dated 07.10.2025 in Crlp.No.11254 of 2025.

This amended order Substitutes the

earlier order dispatched on 11.11.2025.

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