THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.4954 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 and 2 in Crime No.622 of 2025 of Gachibowli Police Station, Cyberabad Commissionerate, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 289, 125, 223, 329(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (for short, ‘BNS’) and Section 11(A) read with Section

5(A) of the Aircraft Act, 1934 (for short ‘the Act’).

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 01.04.2025, respondent No.2 - Sub Inspector of Police registered the case against the petitioners stating that while on bandobust duty at the main gate of Hyderabad Central University (HCU), the de-facto complainant noticed a drone being operated in a public area by the petitioners. Upon enquiry, the petitioners failed to produce the requisite license or authorization to operate the said drone and thereafter attempted to abscond from the location. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioners filed the present criminal petition.

3. Heard Sri A. Kranti Kumar Reddy, learned counsel for petitioners and Sri M. Vivekananda Reddy, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the respondent