IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO

CRIMINAL PETITION No.16965 of 2025

Date: 17.12.2025

Between:

Pothireddy Ramireddy

...Petitioner

AND

The State of Telangana,

Represented by Public Prosecutor,

High Court, Hyderabad and another.

...Respondents

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash

the proceedings in Crime No.91 of 2025, on the file of the Station House Officer, PS EOW Cyb (Cyberabad), wherein the petitioner was arrayed as sole accused, for the offences punishable under Sections 316(2), 318(4)

and 316(5), of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha, 2023.

2. Heard Ms.V.L.Madhavi, learned counsel representing Mr.S.Nagesh Reddy, learned counsel for

the petitioner and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1-State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has not committed any offence and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The essential ingredients of the offences under Section 316(2), 318(4) and 316(5), of the BNS do not attract and the offences are purely civil in nature as they are arising out of in respect of partnership firm disputes. Hence, co