IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.16415 of 2025 Date: 10.12.2025 Between:

Gannapureddy Kavitha and another ...Petitioners AND The State of Telangana, Through P.S.L.B.Nagar High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad and another ...Respondents

Order

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR No.1226 of 2025, on the file of the L.B.Nagar Police Station, Rachakonda District, wherein the petitioners were arrayed as accused Nos.1 and 2, for the offences punishable under Sections 316(2), 318(4) and 115(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’).

2. Heard Mr.M.Naveen Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1-State.

3. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner has raised several grounds, he restricted his prayer, requesting the Court to direct the Investigating Officer to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 41-A of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (for short, ‘Cr.P.C.’)/Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNS