Katti Yadagiri v. The State of Telangana
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: J SREENIVAS RAO
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2026-03-05. Katti Yadagiri v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
33031 [ IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3099 OF 2026 Between: Katti Yadagiri, S/o. K. Ushaiah, Aged about 70 years, Occ. Retired GHMC Employee, R/o. H. No. 6-4-42417, Krishna Nagar Colony, Bholakpur, Secunderabad- ... Petitioner/Accused/Appellant AND '1. The State of Telangana, Represented by Public Prosecutor, High Court, Telangana ... ResPondent 2. Gaddam Ashok Kumar Yadav, S/o. Late. G. Laxmaiah, Aged about 50 years Occ. Business, R/o. H. No. '1-'1 1-299/1, Bhagawantapur, Begumpet, Secunderabad ... RespondenUComplainant Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash of the order dated 21. 08. 2025 passed in Crl. M. P. No. 1667 of 2025 in Crl. A. No.
41 1 oI 2025 on the file of the Special Judge for Trial of Offences U/ S. C. s and S. Ts (POA) Act- cum -Vl Addl. Sessions Judge, Secunderabad. l. A. NO: 1OF 2026 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the ltilemorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the Special Judge for Trial of Offences U/ S. C. s and S. Ts (POA) Act- cum- Vl Addl. Sessrons Judge, Secunderabad, to not initiate any precipitative action against the petitioner in furtherance of the order dated 21. 08. 2025 passed in Crl. M. P. No. 1667 of 2025 in Crl. A. No 411 ot 2025. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Mr. L. N. Bhadriraju, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Mr. Jithender Rao Veeramalla, Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No. 1 and None Appeared for the Respondent No. 2.
The Court made the following: ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF': ]LANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREEI{ VAS RAO CRII\IINAL PETITION No. 3099 of 2, )_r. 5 Date: 05. 03. 2026 Betrveen: Katti Yadagiri ... Petitioner AND The State ofTelangana, Replesented by Public Prosecutor, High Court, Telangana and another .. Respondents. ORDER This Criminal Petition is filed by the peli ioner/appellant/ accused questioning the order dated 21. 08. 202-5. passed by the leamed Special Judge for Trial of Offences under SCs and STs (pOA) Act-cum-Vl Additional Sessions Judge, Sc: rnderabad, tn Crl. M. P. No. 1667 of 2025 in Crl. A. No. 411 o1202-5 i r C. C. NI. No. 71 of 2024 (Old STC NI. No. 6289 of 2023), on the r round rhat the Sessions Judge imposed an onerous condition 2. Heard Mr. L. N. Bhadriraju, leamed counsel f,t the petitioner and Mr. Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Art, iitional public Prosecutor for respondent No. 1. 3 .
With the consenl of both the leamed counsel. petition is disposed ofat the adrnission stage. 4. Notice in respect of respondent No. 2 is dispensed ground that the petitioner has flled the present criminal challenging the imposition of the condition to deposit compensation amount, and no relief is sought against No. 2. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner subrnitted trial Court convicted the petitioner for the offence under Section of the Negotiable Instrurnents Act, l88l (foL short sentenced him to undergo simple irnprisonment for ear and to pay compensation -of-double the cheque Rs. 3,40,000/- , in default of which, to undergo simple lor a period of three months. A-egrieved thereby, prefened an appeal belore the learned Sessions Judge, suspending the sentence imposed by the trial Court, condition directing the petitioner to deposit 20o/o of the amount, rvithin 60 days from the date of the order 6.
Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submit r d that, in similar circumstances, this Court by placing reliance upon he principle laid dorvn by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Saniabi. i Tari v. Kishore S. Borcart, has reduced the compensation amount tl r m 20% to 10%. 1. Taking into consideration the submissiorr: made by the respective parties and the principle laid down b1' t on'ble Supretne Court in Sanjabij Tari (supra), the impugned order < ated 21. 08. 2025, passed by the learned Special . ludge for Trial of O'l :nces under SCs and STs (POA) Act-cum-Vl Additional ! essions Judge, t Securrderabad, in Crl. M. P. No. 1667 of 2025 in Crl. No 4 I I of 2025 in C. C. NI. No. 11of 2024 (Old STC N1. No.
6289 ol'I t23) is modified, directing the petitioner to deposit 10o/o of the corn1 ,'nsation amount rvithin a period of four (04) weeks from todi'' In default ol depositing the said amourt within the stipulated p: iod, the learned Sessions Judge is entitled to ploceed with the ma,t 'r in accordance with law 8. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed c t 2025 SCC OnLine SC 2069 ,:/ Pending rniscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed. SD/- P. C. SULEKHA DEVI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// s CTION OFFICER To, '1 Ts (POA) Act cum Vl of Offences U/ S C s a . The Special Judge for Trial Additional Sessions Judge, Secunderabad Advocate 2. One CC to Mr L. N. Bhadriraju, [OPUC] 3. TwoCCstoPUBL|CPRoS-ECUToRHighCourtfortheStateofTelangana, at Hyderabad [OUT] 4. Two CD CoPies Kam/PSL ,W, HIGH COURT DATED: 05t03t2026 lHE . J TA R o ,( a ) ( c U 11 ;Afr 2026 "t- () ORDER J- CRLP. No. 3099 ? ATC D of 2026 UC DISPOSING OF THE CR|M|NAL pETtTtCrr,t [), o 1lo ) il
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