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HIGH COURT OF TELANGANA
J.SREENIVAS RAO
Jagarlamudi Venkat Ram, S/o. Jagarlamudi Kotaiah – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana, rep. by Station House Officer, P.S. Maheswaram, through Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad – Respondent
ORDER :
(J. SREENIVAS RAO, J.)
This Criminal Petition is filed under Sections 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNSS’) by the petitioners/accused Nos.1 and 2, seeking to quash the proceedings in F.I.R.No.22 of 2025 on the file of the Maheshwaram Police Station, Rachakonda Commissionerate, for the alleged offences under Sections 329(3), 324(4) read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
2.1 The case of prosecution in brief is that the de-facto complainant lodged complaint with the police stating that his grandfather, namely, late Chakali Balaiah owns land of Ac. 1.04 gts. in Sy. No. 155 of Nagireddypally village and Ac. 5.33 guntas in Sy. No. 22 of Nagireddypally village, thus, total extent of Ac. 6.37 guntas. The Complainant's father has progeny of three sons, i.e., (1) Pedda Ramaiah, (2) Late Papaiah, (3) Late Laxmaiah and the Complainant father is younger among them and 40 years back those three members divided the ancestral land approximate shares and the complainant's father received (i) Ac. 1.04 gts in Sy. No. 155 of Nagireddypally village, (ii) Ac.1.09 gts in Sy. No. 22 of Nagireddypally, thus, the total extent of Ac. 2.13gts.
2.2.
The court ruled that ongoing investigations must be allowed to proceed and that civil disputes do not preclude criminal complaints, emphasizing the need for police to complete their investigations.
Criminal proceedings cannot be quashed merely due to related civil disputes; both can coexist if criminal allegations substantiate independent wrongful conduct.
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