THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI CRIMINAL PETITION NO.5466 of 2025, CRIMINAL PETITION NO.5516 of 2025, AND CRIMINAL PETITION NO.5504 of 2025,

COMMON ORDER:

1. (a). Criminal Petition No. 5466 of 2024 has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter ‘BNSS, 2023’), seeking to quash the proceedings against Petitioners 1 to 4 (Accused Nos. 1, 3 to 5) in Calendar Case No. 20 of 2024, pending before the Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Nampally, Hyderabad.

(b). Criminal Petition No. 5516 of 2024, also under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, seeks similar relief for Petitioners 1 to 4 (Accused Nos.

1 to 4) in Calendar Case No. 22 of 2024 before the same court.

(c). Criminal Petition No. 5504 of 2024, again under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, seeks quashing of proceedings against Petitioners 1 to 4 (Accused Nos. 1 to 4) in Calendar Case No. 24 of 2024, also before the Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Nampally, Hyderabad.

2. In each of these cases, the petitioners are charged with offences under Sections 406 and 420 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’), Section 76 of the Chit Funds Act, 1982, and Section 5 of the Telangana State Protection