THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SMT.JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA Date:09.04.2026 Between:

Lakakula Ayappa …Petitioner/Accused And The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana and another … Respondents

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioner-accused in CC No.349 OF 2024 on the file of Principal Junior Civil Judge cum Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Narayanpet, registered for the offences under Sections 504, 505(2), and 153-A (a) (b) IPC.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the de facto complainant is the leader in Rythu Samanvaya Committee and an active member in TRS Party. Accused No.1 is the admin of Marikal WhatsApp group, added an unknown phone number in the group and hatched a plan along with accused No.2 to damage the political career of the de facto complainant. As a part of their plan, on 04.08.2022 at about

5.00 hours, the accused No.2 shared a message with phone No.9550632115 in Marikal WhatsApp group dishonouring the freedom of LW.1 and that on 30.08.2022, a message provoking Muslims against the de facto complainant was forwarded in t