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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI

CRIMINAL PETITION No.2885 OF 2024

DATE: 04.05.2026

Between :

L. Bhaksar.

… Petitioner

AND

The State of Telangana

Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana,

at Hyderabad and another.

… Respondents.

O R D E R:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, “Cr.P.C.”), seeking

quashment of the proceedings in C.C. No. 254 of 2024 on the

file of the VII Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at

Medchal.

2. Heard Mr. Kaluvala Venkata Vara Prasad, learned

counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. M. Vivekananda Reddy,

learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent

No.1/State. The petitioner is the sole accused for the offence

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punishable under Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860

(IPC).

3. Briefly stated the relevant facts are that, the petitioner

and respondent No.2 are brothers, and the dispute arises out of

a family property. It is the case of the prosecution that when

respondent No.2 intended to sell a plot of land and introduced

prospective purchasers, the petitioner allegedly abused them in

filthy language and threatened them with dire consequences,

including threats to their lives if the property was sold to

outsiders. Based on the said allegations, a case was registered

by Shamirpet Police Station under Section 506 IPC, which,

upon completion of investigation, culminated in the filing of a

charge sheet and taking cognizance in the present calendar

case.

4.1. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the

allegations made in the complaint are false, baseless, and

motivated by malice. It is submitted that the subject property

originally belonged to the father of the petitioner and respondent

No.2, who had purchased a house property admeasuring about

234 square yards. Upon his demise, the property devolved upon

their mother. The petitioner claims that he constructed a

residential house on a portion of the said property and has been

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in continuous possession and enjoyment thereof, including

payment of property taxes, while the remaining portion has been

kept vacant.

4.2. It is further contended that respondent No.2, being

unable to accept the petitioner’s possession, created fabricated

documents and executed a gift deed in favour of his wife in

respect of a portion of the property with an intention to alienate

the same. When the petitioner questioned such actions and

disputes arose between the parties, respondent No.2 allegedly

lodged the present complaint as a counterblast, out of

vengeance, particularly in view of a writ petition earlier filed by

the petitioner before this Hon’ble Court against respondent No.2

and others.

4.3. The petitioner further contends that the complaint has

been filed with the sole intention of threatening and intimidating

him, and to project undue influence and authority, rather than to

seek legitimate legal redress. It is submitted that when the

petitioner resisted and questioned the alleged illegal acts of

respondent No.2, the latter, with ulterior motives, lodged a false

complaint to harass the petitioner. It is further contended that

even if the allegations in the complaint are taken at face value,

they do not disclose the commission of any offence, much less

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the offence punishable under Section 506 IPC. Therefore, the

continuation of the criminal proceedings amounts to an abuse of

the process of law, warranting interference by this Court under

Section 482 Cr.P.C. Accordingly, the petitioner seeks quashing

of the proceedings.

5.1. Per contra, respondent No.2 opposes the present

Criminal Petition, contending that the same is not maintainable

either in law or on facts and submitted that the petitioner and

respondent No.2 are brothers. The subject property

admeasuring 234 square yards situated at Laxmapur Village

was originally acquired by their father and subsequently

partitioned pursuant to a Family Settlement dated 02.05.2007.

Under the said set