THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI CRIMINAL PETITION No. 7910 OF 2025

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS, 2023’) seeking quashment of the proceedings in F.I.R No.341 of 2025 on the file of Hanamkonda Police Station, Warangal District, against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 and 2.

2. The petitioners are arrayed as accused Nos.1 and 2 in F.I.R No.341 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 272 and

275 of BNS.

3. Heard Ms.B.Keerthi Reddy, learned counsel representing Mr.Y.Bala Murali, learned counsel for petitioners, Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent No.1-

State.

4. The prosecution case in brief is that the petitioners/accused Nos.1 and 2 are involved in selling and purchasing the banned Tobacco products and the Police concerned has seized the said Tobacco products worth of Rs.3,20,485/- from the possession of the petitioners.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide Criminal Petition Nos.3731 and Batch on considering similar allegations and the merits quashed the proceedin