IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SMT.JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.7 of 2026 Date:06.01.2026 Between:

Vishaka Venkata Krishna Reddy and another …Petitioners/Accused Nos. 2 & 3 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 set aside the order dated 20.11.2025 passed in Crl.M.P. No.2884 of 2025 in CC No.6992 of 2022 on the file of I-Additional Junior Civil Judge cum IX Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Ranga Reddy District at Kukatpally, wherein LW.1 was permitted to give evidence through video conferencing.

2. Heard S. Ram Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1-State

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the trial court has not assigned any valid reasons for permitting LW.1 to give evidence through video conferencing, but for the reason that she is a resident of USA. Further, the impugned order would cause great prejudice to the rights of the accused and that the accused are