THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION NO.6315 OF 2025

ORDER:

This criminal petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 5 in C.C.No.836 of 2022 on the file of the Principal Judicial First Class Magistrate, Miryalaguda for the offences punishable under Sections 447 and 427 of the Indian Penal Code (for short, "IPC").

2. The facts of the case, in brief, are that on 20.12.2021 at 11:00 hours, the Mandal Revenue Officer, Adavidevulapally, lodged a complaint vide Letter No.B/1046/2019 through his office staff, stating that the villagers of Adavidevulapally, i.e., the petitioners herein, had trespassed into Government land in Sy.No.25 of Adavidevulapally village and mandal and were illegally constructing houses. Based on the said complaint, the police registered a case against the petitioners for the above-stated offences.

3. Heard Sri Hari Kishan Kudikala, learned counsel for the petitioners, and Sri M. Vivekananda Reddy, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No.1.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners are the