IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5959 of 2026 Date: 20.04.2026 Between:

Thumolla Dattatri ...Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad and another ...respondents

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in F.I.R.No.149 of 2026 of Bodhan Town Police Station, Nirmal District, wherein, the petitioner was arrayed as accused No.7, for the offences punishable under Sections 318 (4), 61(2), 346(2), 111 r/w 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’), 66D of the Information Technology Act, 2008 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Telangana Gaming Act, 1974.

2. Heard Mr. Vinod Kumar Deshpande, learned Senior Counsel representing Ms. A.Tejaswi, learned counsel for the petitioner and

respondent No.2.

3. With the consent of both the parties, the criminal petition is disposed of at the stage of admission.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not committed the alleged offence and has been falsely implicated in the present case. Respondent No.2 lodged the present complaint due to the political