IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.261 of 2026 DATE OF ORDER:- 09.01.2026 Between:

Pechetti Devasish, S/o.Satyanarayana, R/o.Bhadradri Kothagudem District.

… Petitioner/Accused AND The State of Telangana rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad & another.

…Respondents

ORDER

1. This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 seeking to quash Section 4 of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, in C.C.No.463 of 2025, on the file of the learned Special Judge for Speedy Trial and Disposal of cases on Fraudulent Drawls and Misappropriation of Scholarship amounts in Social Welfare, Tribal Welfare and Backward Classes Departments (Embezzlement of Funds in Social Welfare Department)-cum- II Additional Special Judge for Trial of SPE, ACB cases –cum- Special Judge for Trial of cases under PDPP Act at Hyderabad, registered against the petitioner herein by terminating all further proceedings in respect of the same, as illegal and arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of PDPP Act, 1984.

2. Heard Sri Gurram Venkat Ramana, learned cou