IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6081 of 2026 Date: 21.04.2026 Between:

Yellenki Viran Kumar @ Veeraiah ...petitioner/accused No.2 AND The State of Telangana and another ...respondents

ORDER

This Criminal Petition has been filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.927 of 2022, on the file of the II Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, at Mancherial, wherein the petitioner was arrayed as accused No.2, for the offences punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short ‘EC’ Act).

2. Heard Mr. P. Mahipal Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1.

3. The specific allegation against the petitioner/accused No.2 is that he has procured PDS rice from the beneficiaries at cheaper rate to sell the same for wrongful gain and that on 22.09.2022, at about 10:15 AM, the petitioner was found in possession of 22 bags of PDS rice containing 8.8 quintals.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that without there