IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.477 of 2026 Date: 21.01.2026 Between:

Mohd. Muqeemuddin Yasir ...Petitioner AND The State of Telangana , Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana, Hyderabad and another ...Respondents

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner/accused No.2 seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.C.No.9315 of 2020 on the file of learned VII Additional Cheif Metropolitan Magistrate at Hyderabad.

2. Heard Mr.Mohammad Imthiyaz, learned counsel for petitioner and Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents.

3. The facts of the case in brief are that, on 27.06.2020 at 18:30 hours, the de facto complainant, who is the Sub-

Inspector of Police, Saidabad Police Station, lodged a complaint stating that the accused gathered 500 members and performed namaz and cremation of their father namely Moulana Nazeeruddin who died due to COVID-19 without maintaining any social distance by a procession via main road from VIP scho