IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO

CRIMINAL PETITION No.16163 of 2025

Date: 08.12.2025

Between:

Jaligam Raju

... Petitioner

AND

The State of Telangana,

Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad for the

State of Telangana and another

...respondents

ORDER

This Criminal Petition has been filed seeking to quash the

proceedings in C.C.No.837 of 2022, on the file of learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Kamareddy, wherein the petitioner was arrayed as accused, for the offences punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 7 of the Essential

Commodities Act, 1955.

2. Heard Mr.Alluri Divakar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jithendar Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional

Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1.

3. The specific allegation against the petitioner/accused is that he has procured PDS rice from the beneficiaries at cheaper rate to sell the same for profit and on 23.10.2022 at about 13:00 hours, the petitioner was found in possession of 21 quintals of PDS rice.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that without there being any complaint from any beneficiary, alleg