THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.4596 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking the Court to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in Crime No.261 of 2025 of Patancheru Police Station, Sangareddy District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’) and Section 63 and 65 of Copyright Act, 1957 (for short ‘the Act’).

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 18.03.2025, the de facto complainant, Senior Executive, lodged a complaint on behalf of M/s Ashirvad Pipes Private Limited and Water Tank stating that he is the authorized representative of Semita Legal, Advocates & Solicitors, authorized via a Letter of Authority. The complainant alleged that M/s Ganapathi Marketing, located at Krushi Defence Colony, Patancheru, is illegally trading in counterfeit products bearing the deceptively similar name "AASHIRVAAD" along with imitation packaging identical to that of the complainant’s company “Ashirvad,”

thereby infringing intellectual property rights and causing financial loss. Basing on the above said complaint, the Police registered a case in Crime No.261 of 2025 bef