IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL Date: 27-01-2026 Between:

Salman Khan ...petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Building, Secretariat, Hyderabad and five others.

...respondents

ORDER

This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief/s:-

“........to declare the action of the respondents in not registering FIR against the unofficial respondent on the complaint dated 28.12.2025 made by the petitioner, as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and unconstitutional besides contrary to the Section 173 to 176 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) consequently direct the respondents to register FIR against the unofficial respondent by considering the representation / complaint dated 28.12.2025 made by the petitioner herein strictly in accordance with Section 173 to 176 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and block the social media Face book account of the unofficial respondent and pass such other orders.”

2. Heard Sri D. Satya Veer, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri M. Srinivas, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, appearing for the respondent Nos.1 to 5. Perused the material available on record.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the 6th respondent, namely Hawk Media House, run by its Chief Editor, viz., Mr. Tanveer Ahmed Khaja, who is a habitual cyber offender, has subjected the petitioner to illegal cyber harassment by uploading abusive statements and publishing photographs, thereby spreading false information with defamatory captions. The 6th respondent has deliberately published photographs of the petitioner along with one Mr. Vijay Mallya and Mr. Lalit Modi, with an intention to defame the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner has lodged a complaint against the 6th respondent and requested the respondent-police to remove the said defamatory content from the Facebook page of the

6th respondent. However, no action has been taken so far by the respondent-police. Hence, the present writ petition.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would rely upon the crime registered as against the 6^th respondent where a Press Note purported to have been issued by the 1^st respondent stating that the 6^th respondent is involved in cyber criminal crimes under different sections registered in FIR Nos.2423, 352, 2384 and 2649 of 2024 in various police stations of Hyderabad Police Commissionerate under different sections of BNSS, 2023, and that the all crimes are at the stage of investigation. Therefore, he seeks to pass appropriate orders in the Writ Petition.

5. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home by furnishing the written instructions, given by the Sub Inspector of Police, Cyber Crime PS, DD, Hyderabad, would submit that based upon the evidence of face book photoes and the contents of the complaint, an offence has been made out punishable under Section 356 of the BNSS, 2023, which is non-cognizable offence. Accordingly, a requisition has been filed vide SR. No.229 of 2026 before the IX Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nampally, seeking permission to register a case under Section 356 of the BNSS Act, 2023 and now the matter is pending before the competent criminal Court for grant of permission to register the crime against the 6^th respondent. Hence, he would submit that as and when the permission is accorded by the said Court, action can be taken by the respondents- police. Hence, he seeks to pass appropriate orders in the Writ Petition.

6. Having regard to the submissions of the learned counsel on either side and upon consideration of the material available on record, this Court is of the considered view that since the complaint has already been taken and necessary action has been taken by the respondents-police by filing necessary application before the competent criminal Court seeking permis