IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI

CRIMINAL REVISION CASE Nos.920, 921, 922, 925 and 926 of 2025

22 DECEMBER, 2025

Between:

Dennis Joseph and four others … Petitioners

AND

The State of Telangana, through

Prohibition and Excise Station Chevella

Rep. by its Public Prosecutor …Respondent

: COMMON ORDER :

Challenging the orders dated 11.11.2025 passed in

Crl.M.P.Nos.555, 556, 557 and 554 of 2025, and the order dated 31.10.2025 passed in Crl.M.P.No.516 of 2025 in Crime No.88 of 2025 of P.S. Excise, Chevella, by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy District at L.B. Nagar (for short ‘trial Court’), the present Criminal Revision Cases are filed, and consequently to grant interim custody of the said mobile phones to the interim custody of the

petitioners by imposing appropriate conditions.

2. Heard Ms. P.Sree Ramya, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. M.Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor

appearing for the respondent-State. Perused the record.

3. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 03.08.2025, upon receiving credible information, the STF Hyderabad Team proceeded to the pr