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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA

TRANSFER CRIMINAL PETITION No.142 of 2025

DATE: 28.01.2026

BETWEEN:

The State of Telangana

…..petitioner

And

Baadavath Ramu

…..Respondent

ORDER

This Transfer Criminal Petition is filed seeking to transfer

C.C.No.201 of 2021, pending on the file of the learned Principal

Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Bellampalli to the file of the

Special Judge for Trial of Cases under SC/ST (POA) Act, Adilabad

and to try along with Spl.S.C.No.60 of 2021.

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2. Heard Sri D.Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public

Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the petitioner - State. Though

notice served upon the respondent, none appeared on his behalf.

3. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of

the petitioner submitted that two FIR Nos.25 of 2021 and 26 of

2021 arose out of the same incident dated 18.03.2021. He

contended that FIR No.25 of 2021, registered for offences under

Section 307 IPC and Sections 3(1)(r)(s) and 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST

(POA) Act, culminated in Spl.S.C.No.60 of 2021 pending before the

Special Judge, SC/ST (POA) Act, Adilabad, while FIR No.26 of 2021

resulted in C.C.No.201 of 2021 pending before the Principal

Judicial First Class Magistrate, Bellampalli. He further submitted

that since both cases arose from a common transaction, trying

them separately before different courts might lead to conflicting

decisions, and as the Special Court alone had jurisdiction to try

offences under the SC/ST (POA) Act, it was just, proper, and in the

interest of justice to withdraw C.C.No.201 of 2021 from the

Magistrate Court and transfer it to the Special Judge, SC/ST (POA)

Act, Adilabad, to be tried along with Spl.S.C.No.60 of 2021.

4. In the light of the submissions made by the learned

Additional Public Prosecutor and upon a perusal of the material

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available on record, this Court is of the opinion that since the case

and counter-case arise out of the same incident, both are required

to be tried by the same Court to effectively determine the issue as

to who was the aggressor and to avoid conflicting findings.

Accordingly, C.C.No.201 of 2021 pending on the file of the

Principal Judicial First Class Magistrate, Bellampalli, is hereby

withdrawn and transferred to the Court of the Special Judge for

Trial of Cases under the SC/ST (POA) Act, Adilabad, to be tried

along with Spl.S.C.No.60 of 2021. The concerned Court shall

ensure that the records are transmitted within a period of one

month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

5. Accordingly, this Transfer Criminal Petition is allowed.

Pending Miscellaneous Applications, if any, shall stand

closed.

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K.SUJANA, J

Date: 28.01.2026

Sai

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THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA

TRANSFER CRIMINAL PETITION No.142 of 2025

Date: 28.01.2026

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