HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.1206 AND 1207 of 2026 DATE: 10 .03.2026 Between :

Ramavath Santhosh Naik and two others ....Petitioners/Accused Nos.1, 6 & 7 in Crl.P.No.1206 of 2026 A. Harshavardhan Rao @ Allineni Harshavardhan Rao and three others ....Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 5 in Crl.P.No.1207 of 2026 AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court, Hyderabad, Through Police Station, Moinabad, Cyberabad Commissionerate and another.

....Respondents : COMMON ORDER:

Crl.P.No.1206 of 2026 has been filed by the petitioners/accused Nos.1, 6 and 7, and Crl.P.No.1207 of 2026 has been filed by the petitioners/accused Nos.2 to 5 under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘the BNSS’), seeking to quash the proceedings in F.I.R.No.49 of 2026 of Moinabad Police Station, Cyberabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 308(5), 318(2), 316(2), 351 and 61 read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short, the BNS’) and Sections 3(1)(r)(s) and 3(2)(Va) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act