IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5675 of 2026 Date: 16.04.2026 Between:

Gatla Sambaiah and four others ..Petitioners AND The State of Telangana and another ...Respondents

ORDER

This Criminal Petition has been filed by the petitioners/accused Nos.1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.4196 of 2020 on the file of the V Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate at Warangal.

2. Heard Mr.B.Upender, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.Jithendar Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1.

3. With the consent of both the learned counsel, the criminal petition is disposed of at the admission stage on the ground that even according to the learned counsel for the petitioners, the matter before the learned trial Court has not yet ripened for the trial. In view of the same, notice in respect of respondent No.2/defacto complainant is dispensed with.

4. During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners, submitted that the learned Magistrate, without recording satisfaction and without assigning any reasons, has taken cognizance against the