IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO

CRIMINAL PETITION No.16974 of 2025

Date: 17.12.2025

Between:

Md. Sumer Khan and others

...Petitioners

AND

The State of Telangana,

Rep. by its Public Prosecutor,

High Court of Telangana,

At Hyderabad and another

...Respondents

ORDER

This Criminal Petition has been filed seeking to quash

the proceedings in C.C.No.486 of 2025, on the file of II Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Nizamabad, wherein the petitioners were arrayed as accused Nos.1 to 3, for the offence punishable under Section 318(4) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha, 2023, and Section 7 r/w 3(2)(e), (f) of Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short ‘EC Act’) and clause 17(e) Telangana State Public Distribution

System Control order 2016.

2. Heard Sri G.Raghu, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.V.Jithendar Rao, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1.

3. The specific allegation against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 3 is that they have procured PDS rice from the beneficiaries at cheaper rate to sell the same for profit and on 10.12.2024 at about 20.00 hours, the petitioners were found in possession of 80 bag