IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA TRANSFER CRIMINAL PETITION No.154 OF 2025 DATE: 20.01.2026 Between:

Padala Sanjeeva Reddy …. Petitioner/Accused AND Desineni Bharathamma and another ….Respondent/Complainant

ORDER:

This Transfer Criminal Petition is filed under Section 447 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner seeking to transfer the C.C.No.139 of 2020, on the file of the learned VII Metropolitan Magistrate, at Hayathnagar, Rangareddy District, to the Court of the learned Judicial 1^st Class Magistrate, Principal District Judge’s Court Complex, Khammam, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 138 and 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. 2. Heard Sri P. Venkatesh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri E. Ganesh, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent No.2-State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner and respondent No.1 are the resident of Khammam District and only to harass the petitioner herein, respondent No.1 deposited the cheque in Hayathnagar Branch and filed criminal case in Rangareddy Court and the petitioner