IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5827 of 2026 Date: 27.04.2026 Between:

Cherukuthota Raghunath ...petitioner/accused AND The State of Telangana and another ...respondents

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner/accused seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.996 of 2024 pending on the file of the Junior Civil Judge Court, Yadadri, Yadadri- Bhuvanagiri District, for the offences punishable under Sections 447, 427, 504, and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘the IPC’).

2. Heard Mr. R. Dheeraj Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner 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 petitioner, the matter before the learned Trial Court has not riped for the trial yet and is at the stage of admission. In view of the same, notice in respect of respondent No.2/defacto complainant is dispensed with.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently contended that