IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.9387 OF 2022 DATE: 18-03-2026 Between:

S. Pramod Reddy @ Sami Reddy and three others ...Petitioners And The State of Telangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana at Hyderabad, Through Sub-Inspector of Police, Women Police Station, D.D., Hyderabad and another ... Respondents

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.9825 of 2021 on the file of learned XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, registered for the offence under Section

494 I.P.C.

2. Heard Sri K. Dayakar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1-State.

3. Notice sent to respondent No.2 returned with an endorsement ‘unclaimed’. Hence, notice is deemed to be served on respondent No.2.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners are being harassed with a false complaint that is filed by the de facto complainant. He further submitted that the averments in the complaint itself are not tenable