THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.4545 OF 2025

ORDER:

This criminal petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in C.C.No.926 of 2024 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Sirpur-T, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 324(5), 329(3), 292 read with 3(5) of BNS.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 17.08.2024 the de facto complainant, lodged a complaint before the Police against the petitioners stating that on 08.03.2024, she had taken 3 acres of agricultural land on lease in Survey No.275, situated on the outskirts of Sirpur-T village, from one Boddu Thirupathi, S/o Bapu, aged 41 years, of Rebbena village. She paid a lease amount of Rs.15,000 per acre, totaling Rs.45,000, and has been cultivating cotton on the said land during the current season. On 15.07.2024 at about 0800 hours, three individuals, namely Vajjala Ramesh Babu, Revuri Narayan Reddy, and Revuri Ashok, all residents of Sirpur-T village, illegally trespassed onto the leased land. They ploughed the land using a tractor and cultivator, causing damage to the cotton crop cultivated over 3 acres, resulting in a financial loss of app