HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN CRIMINAL PETITION No.2577 OF 2025

ORDER

Heard Mr. T.V. Ramana Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Palle Nageshwar Rao, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor and Sri Y.Sri Raghava Rao, learned counsel appearing for 2^nd respondent.

2. The present Criminal Petition is filed under Section - 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNSS’) to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.13464 of 2024 pending on the file of III Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Nampally, Hyderabad. The offences alleged against the petitioner herein/sole accused are punishable under Sections 504 and 505(2) of Indian Penal Code, 1860 ( for short, ‘IPC’) .

3. On the complaint dated 29.03.2024 lodged by the 2^nd respondent, the Police, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, registered a case in Cr.No.349 of 2024 against the petitioner for the aforesaid offences.

4. As per the said complaint, dated 29.03.2024 of 2^nd respondent, a Member of Indian National Congress Party, the allegations levelled against the petitioner herein are that on 27.03.2024 at BRS Party Office, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, BRS Working President and Sri Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao, the then MLA, made false