2026 Supreme(Online)(Tel) 13934
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
N. Tukaramji, J
Mohd Khaja Miya – Appellant
Versus
The State of Telangana – Respondent
CRIMINAL PETITION No.3339 OF 2024
A criminal petition seeking quashment of proceedings is dismissed as infructuous when the petitioner submits that the cause of action no longer survives.
Headnote:(A) Criminal Procedure - Quashment of Proceedings - Withdrawal of Petition - Where the cause of action no longer survives, the petition is dismissed as infructuous. (Para 3, 4)
Issues: Whether the Criminal Petition seeking quashment of proceedings has become infructuous.
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| 1. filing of a petition under section 482 cr.p.c. for quashment of criminal proceedings. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. dismissal of a petition as infructuous upon the petitioner's submission that the cause of action no longer survives. (Para 3 , 4) |
ORDER:
This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short ‘Cr.P.C,1973) seeking quashment of the proceedings against the petitioners-accused Nos.1 and 2 in S.T.C.No.1of 2019 of P.S.Sadashivpet on the file of the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate (Special Mobile) at Sangareddy.
2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.M.Vivekananda Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No.1-State.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the cause of action in the present Criminal Petition no longer survives for consideration and, therefore, seeks permission to withdraw the same as having become infructuous.
4. Recording the submission of the learned counsel, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as infructuous.
Miscellaneous Petitions, pending if any, shall stand closed.