IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2717 of 2026 Date: 26.02.2026 Between:

Madham Sudhakar ...petitioner/accused AND State of Telangana, Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court through the Sub-Inspector of Police, Ghanpur (M), Jayashankar Bhupalpally and another ...respondents

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner/accused, seeking to quash the proceedings in S.C.SPL.No.005 of 2023 on the file of the II Additional District and Sessions Judge for SC/ST and (POA) Act Cases Court, at Warangal, for the offences punishable under Sections 294(b) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3(1)(s) of the SCs & STs (POA) Act.

2. Heard Mr. Mandala Nagendra Babu, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1.

3. With the consent of both the learned counsel, this criminal petition is disposed of at the admission stage. Even according to the learned Additional Public Prosecutor notice or prior intimation in respect of respondent No.2/de facto complainant is not required on the ground that the learned trial Cou