IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI WRIT PETITION No.27517 OF 2019

06^th April, 2026 Between:

R.Krishna Rao and Another …Petitioners AND The Station House Officer Shankerpally P.S., Ranga Reddy District and Others …Respondents

ORDER:

This Writ Petition is filed with the following relief:

“…to grant appropriate relief more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus under Article 226 of the Constitution of India declaring two FIRs, i.e., 1) FIR No.196/2019 dated 26.08.2019 registered under Sections 420 and 406 of IPC of Shankerpally PS and 2) FIR No. 253/2019 dated 24.10.2019 registered under Section 420 of IPC of Shankerpally PS registered by the 1st Respondent against the Petitioners in pursuance of complaints given by 6th Respondent and 8th and 9th Respondents respectively as arbitrary, illegal, malafide, void and without authority, discloses non application of mind as well as showing undue favour to the 6th Respondent at the instance of higher authorities and unconstitutional violating Articles ,14, 19 (1) (g) and 21 of the Constitution of India, and issue consequential direction directing the 4th and 5th Respondents to forthwith appoint an officer not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police and to investigate and conduct enquiry with regard to registering two FIRs, i.e., 1) FIR No.196/2019 dated 26.08.2019 registered under Sections 420 and 406 of IPC of Shankerpally PS and 2) FIR No. 253/2019 dated 24.10.2019 registered under Section 420 of IPC of Shankerpally PS registered against the Petitioners by the Shankerpally PS, Cyberabad and initiate further appropriate action including taking action against the 11th Respondent as well as 6th, 8th and 9th Respondents before filing any charge sheet if necessary or to close the case as per law and further direct the 11th Respondent as well as 6th, 8th and 9th Respondents and any other officers in the department who are responsible for initiating criminal proceedings illegally, irregularly including arresting the Petitioners to pay appropriate compensation to the Petitioners for the suffering which they undergone during the arrest of the Petitioners in pursuance of FIR No. 253/2019 dated 24.10.2019 under Section 420 of IPC of Shankerpally PS registered by the 1st Respondent against the Petitioners in pursuance of complaint given by the 8th and 9th Respondents and pass…”

2. None appeared for the petitioner.

3. Heard Mr.D.Pradeep, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home and Mr.M.Achuta Reddy, learned counsel for respondent No.11.

4. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home submits that during the pendency of the present writ petition, charge sheets have been filed in FIR Nos. 196 of 2019 and 253 of 2019, and the same have been taken on file as C.C. Nos. 213 and 212 of 2021, respectively, by the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Chevella. It is contended that, in view of the said development, nothing further survives for consideration in the present writ petition, particularly in light of the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Pradnya Pranjal Kulkarni v. State of Maharashtra (SLP (Crl.) No.

13424 of 2025), wherein it has been held that a prayer for quashment of criminal proceedings is not maintainable in a writ petition once the charge sheet has been filed and cognizance has been taken by the competent Court. It is further submitted that the appropriate remedy in such circumstances lies under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, or the corresponding provision under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Accordingly, dismissal of the writ petition is sought.

5. Learned counsel for respondent No.11 submits that the allegations made against respondent No.11 are wholly baseless and devoid of any material particulars, and therefore prays for dismissal of the writ petition.

6. I have perused the material available on record.

7. The sum and substance of the petitioners’ con