IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.365 of 2026 Date: 19.01.2026 Between:

Dhyan Foundation Gaushala ...Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of 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/3^rd party seeking to quash the order, dated 12.08.2025 passed in Crl.M.P.No.136 of 2025 in FIR No.95 of 2025 by the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Thungathurthy.

2. Heard Mr.G.L. Narasimha Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent No.1-State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is representing Goshala and that interim custody of animals is given to the said Goshala and to meet the expenses of maintaining the said animals, under Rule 5(4) of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, the Magistrate has to direct that the vehicle should be held as a security by the concerned Goshala.

4. Learned counsel furthe