Pedakamsetti Dasarada Appala Srinivasa Rao, 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 2026-04-16. Pedakamsetti Dasarada Appala Srinivasa Rao, v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and...
Judgment text
[ 3303 ] IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENTVAS RAO RIMINAL O: 5567 Between: Pedakamsetti Dasarada Appala Srinivasa Rao, S/o Babu Rao, aged about 57 years, occ. Business, R/o D. No. 50-1 1 8-11414, Flat No. 202, Andhra Residency, Near Racket Park, N. E. Layout, seethammadhara, Vishakapatnam, Andhia Pradesh. ... PETITIONERYACCUSED AND 1. The State of Telangana, through Public Prosecutor at High Court, Hyderabad. 2. saralla Samuel Prasad, s/o Krupanandam, Aged about 77 years, occ. Retired Employee, R/o Flat no. G01, vishnu Residency - B, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad. .. RESPONDE NTS/COM PLAI NANT 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 the proceedings as against this Petitioner in STC No.
129 of 2025 on the file of X Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Hyderabad, registered under Sections 138 of Negotiable lnstruments Act, in the interest of justice. l. A. NO: 1 OF 2026 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the lMemorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings in STC No. 129 of 2025 on the file of X Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Hyderabad, registered under Sections 138 of Negotiable lnstruments Act, in the interest of justice. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri P. Rama Sharana Sharma, Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned 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 TIIE HTGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA T HYDERAB THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTTCE J. SREENTVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 7 of2026 Date: I 04. 2026 Between Pedakamsetti Dasarada Appala Srinivasa Rao ... petitioner /accused AND The State of Telangana, 1'hrou11h Public Prosecutor at Fligh Oourt, Hyderabad, and another ... respondents ORDER 'fhis criminal Petition has been filed seeking to quash the proceedings in S. T. c. No. l29 of 2025, on the file of the x Judicierl Magistrate of First Class ar Hyderabad, wherein the petitioner was arrayed as accused, for the offence punishable under liection 138 of the Negotiabre Instruments Act, lggl. 2- I{eard Mr. P. Rama Sharana Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner appearing thror-rgh video conference and Mr. Jithender Rao veeramalla, learned Additional public Prosecutor for respondent No. l. 3. Though the criminal petition was filed seeking to quash the proceedings in S. T. C. No.
l29 of 2025, the learned counsel for the petitioner restricted his prayer requesting this Court to dispense with the appearance of the petitioner/accused in S. T. C. No. 129 of 2025, on the file of the X Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Hyderabad, on the ground that the petitioner is the resident of Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and it is very difficult for the petitioner to travel long distance for every date of adjournment in the Trial Court, as such the learned counsel sought for dispensing with the presence of petitioners before the Trial Court. 4. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor has not opposed the submission made by the learned counsel for petitioner. 5. Tat<ing into consideration the above submission made by the respective parties, the presence of the petitioner/accused in S. T. C. No .
129 of 2025, on the file of the X Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Hyderabad, is dispensed with, subject to the condition that the petitioner/accused shall be represented by his counsel on every date of hearing, unless his presence is specilically required during the course of the trial. In the event of non-appearance of petitioner/accused on any date so fixed by the trial Oouft, the trial Court shall be entitled to proceed with the matter in accordance with law. 6. Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed of. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed. Sd/. A. JAYASREE STANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPYII SECTION OFFICER To, 1 The X Judicial Magistrate of First Class at H yde 2 The Station House Officer, Nara yanaguda Police tation, Hyderabad 3 Two CCs to the Public p rosecutor, High Court of Telangana at Hyderabad lourl 4. One CC to Sri P. Rama Sharana Sharma , Advocate [OPUC] 5.
Two CD Copies GNK/KAM Pdl/- (}' HIGH COURT DATED i 1610412026 ORDER t t{E S IA t CRLP. No. 5567 of 2026 o (J 7. 2 APfl iilI$ E I r ii. ,- * t:. I! ^,;'f '. ' ';. - DISPOSING THE CRIMINAL PETITION -1*
Source: High Court for State of Telangana. Dataset: Dattam Labs. CC BY 4.0. Text extracted automatically; compare with the source PDF for layout and accuracy.