THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.14808 OF 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.182 of 2025 on the file of Gandhinagar Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences under Sections 318(4) and 319(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNS”), Section 20(ii) read with 22 of Telangana Medical Practitioners Registration (for short ‘TMPR’) Act,1968 and Section 34 read with 54 of National Medical Commission Act, 2019 (for short ‘NMCA’).

2. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner is a registered Ayurvedic Medical Practitioner vide Registration No.1257. It is alleged that the petitioner is practicing Allopathy medicine, though he is qualified in BAMS and that the said act of practicing allopathy medicine attracts the offences under Sections 318(4) and 319(2) of BNS, Section 20(ii) read with 22 of the TMPR Act and Section 34 read with 54 of the NMCA.

3. Heard the submissions of Sri B. Vamshidhar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Sama Sandeep Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for TMC for respondent No.2 and Sri E. Ganesh, learned As