IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA Date:22.01.2026 Between:

Challa Narahari …Petitioner/Accused No.14 And State of Telangana, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad and 2 others.

... Respondents

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioner-accused No.14 in FIR No.456 of 2025 on the file of Paloncha Town Police Station, Bhadradri Kothagudem District, registered for the offences under Sections 318(4), 316(5), read with 61(2) of BNS and Section of 7 of Essential Commodities Act.

2. Heard Sri K. Krishna Kalyan, learned counsel representing Smt. Allampally Rupa Devi, learned counsel on record for the petitioner and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No.1 –State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is into rice business and that he is not involved in any clandestine business and that he was falsely implicated in the present case and the offence under Section 316(5) of BNS is not applicable to the petitioner. He further submitted that this Court h