Sri Akula Bharath Kumar v. The State of Telangana
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: J SREENIVAS RAO
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High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2026-04-17. Sri Akula Bharath Kumar v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details on...
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I 3303l IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYOERABAO OF APRIL FRIDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT J SREENIVAS RAO THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5795 oF 2026 Between: Aged about 30 years' Sri Akula Bharath Kumar, S/o Akula Veeresham, R/o H'No'12-95/1 Nehru Nagar, Shadnagar, Occ. FP Shop Dealer' ' District' Farooqnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy ... Petitioner/Accused AND 1. The State of Telangana, Rep by its Public Prosecutor' High Court at Hyderabad. 2. Deputy Tahsildar (Enforcement), Shadnagar Division' Ranga Reddy District .. Respondents/ComPIainant PetitionunderSection52SofBNSSprayingthatinthecircumstancesstatedin to High Court may-be pleased of Criminat ietiiion' the the Memorandum of Grounds ouashtheFlRNo. g4t2o2sonthefileofShadnagarPoliceStation,forthealleged Act' 1955' l*"""" ,"0. , Section 7 of the Essential Commodities t. A.
NO :1 OF 2026 PetitionunderSection528ofBNSSprayingthatinthecircumstancesstatedin pleased,to ietiiioi' the High Court may be the Memorandum of Ground! of criminat grantstayofallfurtherpro*"Oingt,includingthearrestofthePetitioner'inFlRNo' potice pending disposal of the Criminal g4t2o26 on the fite ot snaJnagai Stltion, Petition of Memorandum on for hearing' upon perusing the This Petition coming of Sri K Venumadhav' Petrtion and upon heaing ihe arguments Grounds of Criminal Petitioner and Sri Jithender Rrpal"ui, Advoiate forihe ;G;;t,dsmt Rttampatty Nos. 'l of Respondent Prtc P'os""'tor on behalf the Rao Veeramalla, Additionai and 2 following: ORDER The Court made the J -? -;'Ar,-yr. ,/ --- IN THE HIGH CO URT FOR THE STATE O F:. AT HYDE RABAD 'LANGANA THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREEI. I VAS RAO CRIMINAL PETIT ION No. 5795 ot2)\6 Date: 17. 04. 2026 Betu'cen: Sri Akula Bharath Kumar I): itioncr, accuscd AND ['he State olTclangana and anothcr ...
Rcspondents ORDER This Crirninal Pctition is filed seeking to quaslr the procccdings in F. l. R. No. 9. 1 of 2026 ol police Shadnagar Starior . Ranga l{eddr District. u,herein. the petitioner rras arrayctl as accLr\ I lbr rhe ol. lcncc punishable under Section 7 of the Essentiar conrrnocriri. s Acr. 1955 (lbr '[:C' short Act). 2. I'leard Sri K. Venurnadhav, learned cori;r cl reprcsenting Srnt. A. Rupa Dcvi, learned counsel for the petitioncr nd Sri Jithcnder Rao Veeramalla. learned counsel flor respondent Nos. l I nd 2. 3. With thc consent of both the Ieamed coun: t l. this Crirninal Pctitiofiistisposcd of at rhe stage of admission. t 4. Learned counsel for thc petitioner submits that the pctitioner has not committed the alleged ollence and has been falscly implicated in the preserlt case. Respondcnt No.
l rr ithout conducting proper cnquirl, filcd the present complaint only on the grourrd that the petrtioner, while discharging his duties as fair price shop dealer, kept excess stock in his shop and the said allegation does not attract the ingredients of the 'lhe olfence undcr Section 7 ol the EC Act. petitioner has not misappropriated or diverted the commodities. Hcnce, the continuation ol proceedings against the petitioner is a clear abuse of process of law. lle lurther submined that thc oflencc lcrelled against the petitioncr is punishable with imprisonrnent ol lcss than seven years. The lnvestigating Officer. without following thc mandatory procedure prescribed under Section 3-5(3) of the []haratila Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNSS'). as rvell as the guidclines lormulated by the Hon'ble Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihart, is proceeding with the rnatter, w'hich is contrary to lau . 5.
Thc learned Additional Public Prosecutor submittcd that the lnvestigating Officer will strictly lollow the due procedure contemplated under Section 35(3) ol the BNSS, as scll as the guidetines tbrmulated by the Hon'ble Apex Court in Arnesh Kumor (supra). ' (20 14) r scc 273 'J. ,& 6. Leamcd counsel tor the petitioner submits that rl e petitioncr u,ill cooperate u ith rhe inresrigation. 7. llaving considcrcd the rival submissions madc I r the rcspectil. e parties and after perusal of the material available or ecord it reveals that the oflcnces levcllcd against the pctitioner arr runishablc rvith inrprisonmcnt ol'less than seven yrars. Even accortlir g to thc learned Additional Public Prosecutor, the Investigating Officr. r ivants to fbllou the procedure as contemplated under Section 35(3) ol'LI e BNSS. as ri,ell as thc guidclincs lormulated by the Hon'ble Apcx r'ourt in . 4rnesh Kumar (supra). 8. ln vieu ol thc above, the Investigating Ot'ti-.
r is directcd to firllori thc proccdure as contemplatcd undcr the provisi ,ns of'thc UNSS. 2023. lt is needless to mcntion that the petitioner sha I cooperate rvith the investigation. 9. Accordingly, the criminal perition is disposed ol Pending miscellaneous applications, if rir r, shall stand closed. SD/. I( BHAVANI SWAMY ASSIS TANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// ;ECTION OFFICER To, 1 The Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Shadnagar 2 The Station House Officer, Shadnagar Police Station, Fr-t rre City 3 Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court for the St; te of Telangana at A Hyderabad [OUT] 4 One CC to Smt. Allampally Rupadevi, Advocate [OPUCI 5 Two CD Copies =-& -#I I I HIGH COURT DATED: 1710412026 ORDER HE R s ,,i,. ) ,_;/^ CRLP. No. 5795 ot 2O26 ,1r>+' t! () 11 r1 l" t7 IPH 2026 "t-:- '). . .. ' -: :i,'' DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION ill,r,, *'
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