IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA Date:23.01.2026 Between:

Mahesh Matam and 4 others …Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 5 And State of Telangana, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad and another.

... Respondents

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 5 in DVC No.55 of 2025 on the file of IV Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Hyderabad.

2. Heard Sri K. Kiran Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No.1 and Sri S. Nageswara Reddy, learned counsel for the respondent No.2.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in the pending DVC No.55 of 2025. He further has submitted that there is no domestic relationship as such between the petitioner No.1 and the respondent No.2 and that the couple got divorced long ago and the present petition is filed as an afterthought, just to harass the petitioners. He further submitted that the matrimonial disputes