IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.726 OF 2020 DATE: 06-03-2026 Between:

Prathap Reddy Puttamreddy and six others ...Petitioners And The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana at Hyderabad, and another ... Respondents

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 6 and 8 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.167 of 2019 on the file of learned Special Judge for Economic Offences, Hyderabad, registered for the offence under Section 628 of the Companies Act, 1956.

2. Heard Sri Enuganti Sudhanshu Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Abdul Mateen Qureshi, learned counsel, representing learned Deputy Solicitor General of India, for respondent No.2.

3. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioners have violated Section 628 of the Companies Act by submitting false statements i.e., Balance Sheets for the years 2007-08 and 2008- 09 through online to the office of respondent No.2-de facto complainant i.e., Registrar of Companies for the State of Telangana and thus, are punishable for the violation of Section

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