THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI CRIMINAL PETITION No. 13837 OF 2024

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter ‘BNSS, 2023’) seeking quashment of the proceedings against the petitioner in Crime No. 175 of

2024 of Dharmasagar Police Station, Warangal District.

2. Heard Mr. K. Buchi Babu, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, representing respondent No.1-State.

3. The petitioner as accused in Crime No. 175 of 2024 facing accusations for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 292, 115(2), 309(4) read with Section 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter ‘BNS, 2023’).

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner respectfully submitted that although the petitioner is fully committed to cooperate with the investigative process, he is apprehensive of potential coercive action being taken against him. It is further submitted that Section 309(4) of BNS, 2023 would not attract in the circumstances of the case and other offences being punishable with imprisonment below seven years, the petitioner has no intention of evading the investigation an