IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.7713 of 2026 DATED : 13-03-2026 Between :

Mohammed Shareef.

… Petitioner.

And The State of Telangana, Rep.by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat Buildings, Saifabad, Hyderabad and others.

… Respondents.

ORDER :

The present writ petition is filed by the petitioner under Article

226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief :

“…to declare the action of the respondent No.5 in issuing notice under Section 35(3) of the BNSS to accused No.2 in Crime No.12 of 2026 of PS Mehdipatnam, registered for the offence under Section 109(1), 352 r/w 3(5) of the BNS, instead of arresting the said accused and producing her before the jurisdictional Magistrate, as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the procedure established by law and consequently direct the respondent Police to conduct a fair and proper investigation and take appropriate action against the accused in accordance with law...”

2. Heard Sri Gulam Rabbani, learned counsel appeared on-

line on behalf of Sri Mohammed Azeem, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Laxmikanth Reddy, learned Assistant Gov