Bheemanathi Venugopal v. The State of Telangana
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: N.TUKARAMJI
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2025-07-28. Bheemanathi Venugopal v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD I/ONDAY THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N. TUKARAMJI CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9467 OF 2025 Between: 1. Bheemanathi Venugopat, S/o Maneru, Aged 42 yrs. , Al Occu Employee, District. H. No. 1-2-158, Krishna Nagar, Jagtial Town and 44 yrs. , A2, Emplopyee' 2. Bheemanathi Govardhan, S/o. [t/laneru, Aged Occu H. No. 1-2-158, Krishna Nagar, Jagtial Town and District 46 yrs', 43, Occu 3. Bheemanathi Prabhavathi, S/o. Govardhan, Aged R/o. H. No. 1-2-158, Krishna Nagar, Jagtial Town and District Aged 35 yrs, 4. Yennam Raiu alias Annam Raju, S/o Lakshman, - Karimangar-sOs Business, R/'o. H. No. 15-34, Hanuman Road, Raikal, ... PETITIONERS/AI AND High court at 1. The state of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, 35 yrs 2. Smt. Bheemanathi SatYavathi, Wo Venugopal' Aged , Occu - Town and District' nlo. Sri Laxmi Sai Apaitment, Govindpally, Jagtial ...
RESPONDENTS Petition under section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition, the High court may to call for the records and quash the crime No. 429 o1 2025 of Jagtial Station, Jagtial District. l. A. NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition,the High court may to stay of all further proceedings of the petitioners in crime No. 429 of Jagtial Town Police Station, Jagtial District. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum Grounds of criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of REDDY KODUMURY ,Advocate for the Petitionesr and of the Additional Public - Prosecutor for the State of Telangana on behalf of the Respondent No1 : The Court made the following: ORDER I I THE HONOURABLE SRI N. T' t] KARAMJI JUSTICE CRIMINAI PETITION No. 9467 O I 2025 ORDER This Crinrinal Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatir.
a Nagarik Suralsha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNSli, 2AT) seeking '. r-OZt quashment of the proceedings in Crime No. 429 cl on the file of the Town Police Station, Jagtial Disrnct, Jagtial against the petitionen-accuscd Nos. 1 to 4. 2. The petitioners are ar:rayed as accused Nos. 1 to 4 in Crime No. 429 of 20'25 registered for the offences pLLnishable under Sections 85 of Bharatiy" Ny"f, Sanhitha, 2023 an<l Sections 3 and 4 of DowryProhibition Act. 3 Heard lv{l. Venket Reddy Kodumuri, leamcd r:ounsel for the petitioners and MrJithender Rao Veeramalla, le;r:red Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondenr Nr 1-State. 4.
Leamed counsel for the petitioners would sul>rnit that though the petitioners are determined ro see the process -lrotrgh and the ) alleged offences are punishable with an imprisonment of less than seven years, the Police concemed have not issued any notice under Section 35 (3) of BNSS, 2023, as such, the petitioners are apprehending coercive measures agairut them. Leamed couruel further submits that the petitioners are ready to cooperate with the investigation, hence prayed for necessary directions for issuance of notice as per law 5. Leamed Additional Public Prosecutor submits that the Police concemed are readyto issue 35 (3) of BNSS, 2023 rotice and as per his instructions, the petitioners are not available for personal service and they may directed to coopeftrte wrth the investigation. 6. I have perused the materials on record. 7.
Flaving regard to the fact that the alleged offences are punishable with an imprisonment below seven pan and as the petitionen are ready to engage themselves in the process, urithout going into merits of the matter, the petitioners are directed to appear before the SHO, Town Police Station, Jagtial District, Jagtial wthin a period of one (1) week from the date of re,:e'ipt of a copy of this order, whereupon, the Investigating Officer sh::ll issue norice on the petitioners under Section 35 (3) of BNSS, 2U-3 n Crime No. 429 of 2025 and nke up further proceedings as per the guidelines of Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihal scrupulor-Lsly In unison, the petitioners are directed to cooperate with the invesr. gation. 8 this direction, this 'Wtth Criminal Petition is <irsposed of. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, sh:LlJ stand closed. 1(enw) ;cc 272 S SD/. A. S]TEENIVASA REDDY ASI;ISTANT REGISTRAR 6 //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. T One CC to SRl.
VENKAT REDDY KODUMURY Advoczttt; [OPUC he Station House Officer,Jagtial Town Police Station, Jagtial. : 2. One CC to SRl. VENKAT REDDY KODUMURY Advocate IOPUCI 3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor ,High Court of Telangana. 4. Two CD Copies Epr/psl t HIGH COURT ) DATED:2810712025 i'- ,, \ iiE SI4 )'6-c. + J o (J i1, 2 0 lt0u - 65 z ORDER \\ "o . c_--] YI Or^ ,-i CRLP. No. 9467 ot 2025 . -\+ PETITI,ON CRlt{tttvfrL THE oF r,PogtNG I ? r tl I
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