THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V. VENUGOPAL CRIMINAL PETITION No.5977 of 2025

ORDER:

This criminal petition is filed seeking quash of order dated 31.01.2025 in Crl.R.P.No.236 of 2024 on the file of Sessions Judge, Hyderabad against the order dated 25.11.2024 in Crl.M.P.No.1328 of 2024 in Crime No.502 of 2022 on the file of II Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hyderabad which directed respondent No.2 to deposit an amount of Rs.19,50,000/-.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that Crime No.502 of 2022 dated 22.10.2022 was registered on the file of Afzalgunj Police Station under Section 102 of Code of Criminal Procedure(‘Cr.P.C’ for brevity), where the police have seized cash for a sum of Rs.42,00,000/- from accused No.1, Rs.19,50,000/-, from accused No.2, Rs.2,00,000/- from accused No.3 total amounting to Rs.63,50,000/- from Accused Nos.1 to 3 in the presence of Panchas vide Panchanama where A1 has revealed that he is assisting to one Jog Singh who is running Hawala business and as per the instructions Kanthi Lal has to receive and send the hawala money to the customers and also they have associated with hawala business persons like Kishore Singh and others, on 22.10.