IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO

CRIMINAL PETITION No.17357 of 2025

Date: 23.12.2025

Between:

Shekda Soyab and two others

...Petitioners

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 FIR No.25 of 2025, on the file of Madnoor Police Station, Kamareddy, wherein the petitioners were arrayed as accused Nos.2, 3 and 5, for the offences punishable under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short

‘EC Act’).

2. Heard Mr.Ch.Ravinder, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.Jithendar Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public

Prosecutor for respondent No.1.

3. The specific allegation against the petitioners/accused Nos.2, 3 and 5 is that they have procured PDS rice from the beneficiaries at cheaper rate to sell the same for profit and on 10.02.2025 at about 11:00 hours, the petitioners were found in possession of 1000 bags of PDS rice totalling 297.45 quintals.

4. Learned counsel for