IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SMT.JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA Date: 29.12.2025 Between:

Smt. Maimoona Begum and another … Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 and 3 And State of Telangana, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad and another ... Respondents

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.2 and 3 seeking to quash the proceedings in CC No.2563 of 2021 on the file of the Metropolitan Magistrate at L.B. Nagar, Ranga Reddy District, registered for the offences under Sections 420 and 406 IPC.

2. Heard Sri G. Allabakash, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent No.1-State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the matter is purely of civil nature and that the petitioners are enjoying status quo in the civil suit pending between the parties and that inspite of the injunction order existing in their favour, the present complaint is lodged by the de facto complainant to settle the scores on civil side. He further submitted that the continuation of proceedings against the petitione