THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.10679 of 2025

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner/accused seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.507 of 2025 on the file of Borabanda Police Station, Hyderabad, for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 196 and 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’).

2. Heard Sri Anshul Agarwal, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent No.1-State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is an advocate and the counsel on record for Smt. Challa Gayathridevi. He contended that the petitioner has not committed any of the alleged offences and has neither provoked anyone nor attempted to create any difference between two communities. In support of his contention, he relied upon the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in State of Haryana and Ors vs. Ch. Bhajan Lal and Ors wherein the scope of the High Court’s inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Proced