HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 3239 of 2026 DATE: 17.03.2026 Between :

Tapas Biswas ....Petitioner/Accused AND The State of Telangana Through the SHO P.S. Easgaon, Kumrambeem District Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad and another ....Respondents : O R D E R :

This Criminal Petition has been filed by the petitioner/accused seeking to quash the proceedings in P.O.R.No.878/94, dated 30.01.2026, on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Sirpur-T Easgaon, Kumrambheem Asifabad District, registered for the offences under Section 20(1)(c)(ii)(iii)(iv) & (vii) under Section 58 of the TG Forest Act, 1967 (for short, ‘TGF Act’) and Sections 27 and 29 punishable under Section 51 of the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972 (for short, ‘WLP Act’).

2. Brief facts of the case

2.1. On 30.01.2026, basing on the reliable source of information, respondent No.2 and his staff proceed to Compt. No.89 of Easgaon Beat and found that the petitioner was cutting some teak and non-teak trees with the axe and the staff immediately proceeded to the spot. The he immediately informed the same to