THE HON’BLE SMT.JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-Accused No.4 seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.65 of 2025 on the file of INSP ADMIN (DD), Hyderabad, registered for the offences under Sections 316(5), 318(4) read with 61(2)

of BNS.

2. Heard Dr.M. Madhavi Latha @ Saarah Sandilya, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent No.1-State.

3. Learned Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is a Gold Appraiser in State Bank of India, Ramnagar Branch, Hyderabad and he is no way connected with the sanction of loans and thus the allegation that the loans were sanctioned to fictitious persons, does not get accused No.1 is the Branch Manager and if at all any allegations arise with regard to sanctioning of fake loans, it should be against accused No.1 and that the petitioner, who is accused No.4, cannot be roped into the said allegations. That no property is entrusted to him, so that he can misappropriate the same and thus, the allegation of misappropriation does not get attracted against the petitioner. Further that the ingredients of