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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.2910 of 2026 (CNR No. HBHC010128472026)

DATED: 01^ST OCTOBER, 2026 Between:

Vamshi Krishna Parepalli … Petitioner-accused No.1 AND State of Telangana, represented by Police WPS-IT Corridor, Cyberabad, through Public Prosecutor, High Court for State of Telangana at Hyderabad and another …Respondents : O R D E R :

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused No.1 seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.39 of 2026 of WPS-IT Corridor, Cyberabad, Cyberabad District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 85, 115(2), 351(2) and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘the BNS’).

02. Heard Mr. Baglekar Akash Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. M. Vivekananda Reddy, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No.1-State. Though notice was served on respondent No.2, none appeared on her behalf. Perused the material available on record.

03. The marriage between the petitioner-accused No.1 and respondent No.2 was solemnized on 24.05.2018. At the time of marriage, the parents of respondent No.2 allegedly presented 100 grams of gold, one kilogram of silver and an amount of Rs.10,00,000/- to the petitioner. After the marriage, the petitioner and respondent No.2 stayed at Pragathi Nagar for about one week, whereafter the petitioner left for the United States of America (USA), while respondent No.2 went to Nizamabad. Subsequently, respondent No.2 joined the petitioner in the USA. It is alleged that, while residing in the USA, respondent No.2 became pregnant and returned to India for delivery, where she gave birth to a son. Thereafter, in March 2023, she again went to the USA and joined the petitioner. It is alleged that the petitioner subjected respondent No.2 to physical and mental cruelty, suspected her fidelity, deprived her of food, beat her and attempted to kill her and their son by hitting them with a car while they were on the road. Respondent No.2 is stated to have lodged a complaint with the police in the USA in relation to the alleged incidents. She subsequently returned to India and has been residing separately from the petitioner since August 2025. It is further alleged that the petitioner threatened to commit suicide. On the basis of the complaint lodged by respondent No.2, the present crime was registered.

04.1. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the petitioner has been falsely implicated on account of matrimonial disputes between the parties. He submitted that the allegations in the complaint primarily relate to incidents that allegedly occurred in the USA and that respondent No.2 herself had approached the police authorities there in respect of the alleged incidents. According to him, the registration of the present crime, in the absence of any specific incident constituting an offence within India, is unsustainable.

04.2. Learned counsel further contended that the ingredients of the offences alleged against the petitioner are not made out. He submitted that the allegation that the petitioner threatened to commit suicide does not, by itself, constitute criminal intimidation under Section 351(2) of the BNS, and that the complaint does not disclose the essential ingredients of intentional insult with intent or knowledge of provoking a breach of public peace, as contemplated under Section 352 of the BNS. He also brought to the notice of this Court that the marriage between the petitioner and respondent No.2 was dissolved by a decree dated 10.08.2026 passed by a Court in the USA and submitted that continuation of the criminal proceedings would amount to an abuse of the process of law.

05. On the other hand, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submitted that the allegations made by respondent No.2 disclose acts of physical and mental cruelty and other offences warranting