IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO

CRIMINAL PETITION No.16105 of 2025

Date: 05.12.2025

Between:

Kaleem Khan

...petitioner

AND

The State of Telangana,

Rep. by the 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.578 of 2023, on the file of learned Special Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Excise at Nizamabad, 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 Sri G.Raghu, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jithendar Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public

Prosecutor for respondents.

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 10.02.2023 at about 12:30 hours, the petitioner was found in possession of 58 bags of PDS rice totalling

26.60 quintals.

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