IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.4031 OF 2024 DATED: 26^th MARCH, 2026 Between Thirunagari Govind …Petitioner AND The State of Telangana represented by Standing Counsel-cum-Special Public Prosecutor for ACB Cases and two others …Respondents

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This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused No.3 seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.05/RCO/ACB-NZB/2020/ACB, Nizamabad, registered for the offences under Sections 7(a)(c) and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act (for short ‘the Act’) and Section 120B read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’).

02. Heard Sri Ch. Vidya Sagar Rao, learned counsel, representing Sri N. Manohar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri K. Rajashekar, learned counsel, representing Sri T. Bala Mohan Reddy, learned Standing Counsel-cum-Special Public Prosecutor for the Anti-

Corruption Bureau for the respondents. Perused the record.

03(a). The brief facts of the case are as follows: One Gaddam Satish Goud, shown as the respondent No.2, became acquainted with Bathula Sudhakar, shown as the respondent No.3. One Sujay was habitu