THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.504 of 2022

O R D E R :

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. by the petitioner-accused No.1 seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.6 of 2022 of P.S. Karimnagar I Town, registered for the offences under Sections 153, 500, 505(2) and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’).

2. Heard Mr. Avaneesh Naraparaju, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. S.Madhavi, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State. No representation on behalf of respondent No.2.

Perused the record.

3. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the petitioner-accused No.1 is the BJP official spokesperson. While Sri Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Member of Parliament, Karimnagar and BJP State President was protesting against G.O.Ms.No.317 passed by the Government of Telangana and to enforce Presidential order on Zonal system for allocation of employees, he was arrested by the Police. The petitioner- accused No.1, being the official spokesperson has convened a press meet at BJP State Office, Nampally, Hyderabad, criticized the action of the Government for arresting their President and als