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K. SHARATH KUMAR ALIAS SHARAD 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 2026-02-24. K. SHARATH KUMAR ALIAS SHARAD v. THE STATE OF TELANGANA. Read the judgment and case details on...

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINA L PETITION NO: 2513 OF 2026 Between: K. Sharath Kumar Alias Sharad, S/o- K. Rama Krishna, Age: 70 years, No. 41, Villa Springs, Kowkoor, Alwal Mandal, Medchal District. ... Petitioner/Accused AND 1. The State Of Telangana, Through PS Jawaharnagar, Rachakonda Represented by its Public Prosecutor ... Respondent No. 'l /ComPla 2. Smt. Vangala Monika Devi, Wo. V. Ramchander Goud, Aged Occ: Advocate, R/o. Villa No. 34, Villa Springs, Kowkoor, Alwal, Medchal-Malkajgiri District ... Respondent No. 2/Defacto-Complainant Petition under Section 528 of B. N. S. S. praying that in the circumstances the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition, the High court may be clirect the X Additional Junior Civil Judge Cum X Additional Metropolitan l.

/edchal - Malkajgiri District at Athvelli to dispose of the Accomplice Petition Petitroner/,Accused No. 18 vide Crl. M. P. No . 514 0f 2024 in c. c. No. 11 12 0t 2024, cr. P. c R/w. Section 164 Cr. P. C to treat the Petitioner/Accused No. 18 as witness in support of prosecution, thereby delete the PetitioneriAccused No. 18 array of Accused in C. C. No. 1 112 ot 2023 with in a period of Two (2) week This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri J C Francis, Advocate Petitioner and the Jithender Rao Veeramalla, Additional Public Prosecutor of Telangana on behalf of the Respondent No. 1 and none appeared for No. 2. The Court made the following: ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF't']LANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREEII{ VAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITIO N No. 25l3 of 2ll',6 Date:24. 02. 20 26 Between: K.

Sharath Kumar Alias Sharad Petitioner AND The State ofTelangana, Through PS Jawahamagar, Rachakonda, Represented by its Public prosecutor and another Respondents Order This Criminal petition has been filed by the petiti rner seeking a direction to rhe leamed X Additional Junior Civil Judge_cum_X Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Medchal-Malk. 1e iri District at Athvelli, to dispose of the Accomplice peti ion namely Crl. M. P. No. 5l 4 of 2024 in C. C. No. l ll2 of 2024 as e;: rediriouslv as possible. 2. Heard Mr. J. C. Francis, leamed counsel for the r :titioner and Mr. Jithender Rao veeramalla, learned Additional pubr prosecutor c for respondent No. I . ) 3. Notice in respect of respondent No. 2 is dispensed with solely on the ground that the petitioner has filed the present petition seeking disposal of Crt. M. P. No. 5l4 of 2024, and he is not seeking any relief against respondent No. 2, as he is only a proforma respondent. 4.

Leamed counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner had filed an application, namely Crl. M. P. No. 5l4 of 2024, as long as in the month ofJuly, 2024, invoking the provisions under Section 306 read with Section 164 of the Cr. P. C. , before the leamed X Additional Junior Civil Judge-curn-X Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Medchal-Malkajgiri District at Athvelli. However, the trial Court has been adjouming the said application from time to time. He further submitted that, pursuant to the order dated 22. 07. 2024, the petitioner has served notice to the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, before the Court below. He also submitted that unless this Court fixes a time limit for disposal of the said application, the petitioner will be put to great hardship. 5. Per contra, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that several cases are pending before the trial Court and the petitioner IS not entitled to seek fixation of a time limit for disposal of Crl. M. P. No.

514 of 2024 in C. C. No. l tt2 of 2024. / / -/l 3 6. Having considered the submissions made b I the respective parties and upon perusal of the record, it reveals th Lt the petitioner had filed Crl. M. P. No. 5l4 of 2024 as long as in th: month of July, 2024. Even according to the leamed counsel fbr the petitioner, pursuant to the docket order dated 22. 07. 2024, tlL, petitioner has already served notice to the learned Assistant Pttl ,lic p. or""r,o. , before the Court below. '7. Taking into consideration the peculiar facts arr, circumstances of the case, the learned X Additional Junior Ciri Judge-cum-X Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Medchal-Malka giri District at Athvelli, is directed to dispose of Crl. M. P. No. 5l1 of 2024 in C. C. No. 1l12 of 2024, as expeditiously as possible, pr :ferably within a period of two (2) months, from the date of receipt ,)'a copy of this order. 8. It is made clear that the parties in fts shall co() )erate with the trial Court for disposal of Crl. M.

P. No. 5l4 of 2024 in ( . C. No. l I t2 of 2024 without seeking undue adjoumments. 9. With the above direction, the Criminal Petition I disposed of. Miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand closed. SD/- C. DEEPIKA SISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// -7 SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The X Additional Junior Civil Judge Cum X Additio I Metropolitan Magistrate, Medchal - Malkajgiri District at Athvelli- 2. The Station House Officer, Police Station Jawaharnagar' Rachakonda' 3. One CC to Sri J C Francis, Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR High court for the state of Telangana, at Hyderabad [OUT] 5. Two CD Copies llarPSL o I. IIGH COURT D,ATED: 2410212026 iAT[. 'i, r -) ,l C il _) 2TfEB2026 ORDER CRLP. No. 2513 of 2026 DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITIOI{ qa

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