THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.6283 OF 2024

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This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.351 of 2024 on the file of the Station House Officer, Kukatpally Police Station, Cyberabad, registered for the offences under Sections 353, 506, 509 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’).

02. Heard Sri Baglekar Akash Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner-accused and Sri M.Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Even after service of notice, none appeared on behalf of the unofficial respondent No.2. Perused the material on record.

03. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the respondent No.2 is working as Manager (Engg), Moosapet Section, Sub-Division II, O & M Division IX of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, and is responsible for attending to the complaints pertaining to Wards No.115 (Balajinagar) and 117 (Moosapet). It is alleged that the petitioner-accused, claiming to be a lawyer, visited the office of the respondent No.2 on 02.04.2024 and contacted her over the phone while she was engaged in site work, duri