THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.14700 of 2025

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner/accused No.2 seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.O.R.No.85 of 2024 on the file of Prohibition and Excise, Dhoolpet Excise Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the alleged offence punishable under Section 34 (e) of the Telangana Excise Act, 1968 (for short ‘the Act’) and Rule 3 of the FUR (Regulation of use) Order, 1968.

2. Heard Mr.Damodar Mundra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the matter is squarely covered by the order dated 04.03.2022 in Crl.P.No.15636 of 2013.

4. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor also submitted that the issue in the present criminal petition is squarely covered by the earlier order in the above criminal petition.

5. Perused the record. The allegation against the petitioner is that they were found in possession of black jaggery. It is alleged that the said black jaggery is us