THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.11371 of 2024

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (for short ‘BNSS’) to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused No.2 in Crime No.162 of 2024 of Sultan Bazar Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) and Section 80(a) read with 177 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short ‘the Act’).

2. The brief facts of the case are that respondent No.2-Sub Inspector of Police, lodged a complaint against the accused stating that when he along with his staff are conducting vehicle checking in front of Andhra Bank, Koti, Hyderabad as a part of special drive, they stopped 3 two-wheeler vehicles, driven by the accused, without number plate and that when they asked them why they are driving the vehicles without number plate, they gave hasty answers. Therefore, respondent No.2, seized the vehicles and brought them to Police Station along with the accused. Thereafter, a case was registered; vide Crime No.162 of 2024 for the offences punishable under Section

420 of IPC and Secti