IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SMT.JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA Date:02.04.2026 Between:

Mohd. Yousuf Petitioner/Accused No.1 And State of Telangana, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad and another.

… Respondents

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioner-accused No.1 in CC No.1037 of 2017 on the file of XXIV Metropolitan Magistrate, Kukatpally, at Miyapur, Hyderabad, registered for the offences under Sections 409, 418, 420, 423, 467, 468, 471 and 120(B) IPC, Section 82 of the Registration Act, 1908 and Section 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short ‘PC Act’).

2. Heard Sri Srinivas Kapatia, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Palle Nageswar Rao, learned Public Prosecutor for the respondent No.1-State. Inspite of service of notice, none appeared for the respondent No.2.

3. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner-accused No.1, who is a retired Sub-Registrar, along with other accused conspired with a criminal intent to cheat the government, created a fabricated document for causing wrongful loss to the government and wrongfull