IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3403 of 2026 Date: 10.03.2026 Between:

Sona Francis ..Petitioner AND State of Telangana, rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad-500066 and another ...Respondents

ORDER

This Criminal Petition has been filed by the petitioner/accused No.2, seeking to quash the proceedings in P.R.C.No.71 of 2025 on the file of the III Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate at Khammam.

2. Heard Mr.Siva Praveen Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jithendar Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondents.

3. With the consent of both the learned counsel, the criminal petition is disposed of at the admission stage.

4. Upon perusal of the record, it reveals that the learned Magistrate, without recording satisfaction and without assigning any reasons, has taken cognizance against the petitioner on 01.09.2025 and issued summons mechanically and passed cryptic docket order by using rubber stamp. Therefore, the docket order dated 01.09.2025 passed by the learned Magistrate is liable to be quashed.

5. Learned Additional Publ