IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO

CRIMINAL PETITION No.16279 of 2025

Date: 09.12.2025

Between:

Mohd Abdullah

...petitioner

AND

The State of Telangana,

Represented 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.9964 of 2023, pending on the file of XVI Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, at Nampally, Hyderabad, wherein the petitioner was arrayed as accused No.2 for the offences punishable under Sections 279, 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) and Section 177 of Motor Vehicle

Act (for short ‘MV Act’).

2. Heard Mr. Khaja Arajuddin, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Jithendar Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has not committed alleged offence and he is falsely implicated in the present crime. Even according to the allegations made in the complaint, do not attract the ingredients under Sections 279, 420 of IPC and Section 177 of MV Act. He further submitted that the issue raised in this criminal petition is squarely covered by the order passed by this Court in Crl.P.No.9953 of 2024, dated 11.09.2024.

4. Per contra, learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there are specific allegations against the petitioner to attract the ingredients of Sections 279, 420 of IPC and Section 177 of MV Act. Whether the petitioner has committed the offence or not has to be revealed during the course of investigation. Hence, the petitioner is not entitled to seek quashment of proceedings against him. However, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor has not disputed the order passed by this Court in Crl.P.No.9953 of

2024, dated 11.09.2024.

5. Taking into consideration the submissions made by the respective parties and the order passed by this Court in Crl.P.No.9953 of 2024, dated 11.09.2024, this criminal petition is allowed. The proceedings against the petitioner/accused No.2 in C.C.No.9964 of 2023, pending on the file of XVI Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, at Nampally, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. Further the Station House Officer/Investigating Officer is hereby directed to return the seized property on proper identification and verification under due acknowledgment. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed.

____________________________ JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO

09.12.2025 Note :

The Registry is directed to enclose a copy of the order in Crl.P.No.9953 of 2024, dated 11.09.2024, to this order.

b/o. ggd