IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.650 OF 2013 DATE: 30.03.2026 Between:

Ryapani Ramulu … Appellant and The State of A.P., by the Public Prosecutor … Respondent :JUDGMENT:

This criminal appeal is filed by the appellant – accused No.2 against the judgment dated 19.07.2013 in Sessions Case No.1 of 2010, passed by the learned IV Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, whereby the appellant was found guilty for the offence under Section 395 of Indian Penal Code, convicted and sentenced to undergo five years rigorous imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.500/-, in default, to undergo one month simple imprisonment.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the accused herein, along with the other accused, committed dacoity in the house of the complainant on the night of 15/16.06.1999 at Rusumpally village. They took a jeep bearing No. AP 22 T 7683 on hire from LW8/Dasari Narsimulu and went to the house of LW1/Koninti Narsimlu Goud. They gained entry into the house by pretending that they were the police and intended to make a phone call. Since LW1 had a phone inside his house, he opened the door, a