HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 11079 of 2022 DATE: 28.11.2025 Between :

Shaik Faheemullah ....Petitioner/accused AND The State of Telangana, rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature of Telangana At Hyderabad and another ....Respondents : O R D E R :

This Criminal Petition has been filed under Section

482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (for short, ‘the Cr.P.C.) by the petitioner/accused seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.420 of 2022 on the file of the I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Nizamabad, for the offence under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘the IPC’).

2. Brief facts of the case:

2.1. Respondent No.2 filed a private complaint under Section 200 of the Cr.P.C. on 13.11.2019 stating that the petitioner, who is a practicing advocate, circulated several defamatory statements against him on social media platforms, such as, Facebook and WhatsApp, by stating “Mahek hotel, Nizamabad Ek chindi chor broker hai - 15 years pahele Ek Beggar Tha Wo Saala Nizamabad me. Gareeboko and Walkf Board lands fraud transaction se hotel open karke Aa