Puranam Ravindar alias Kuruna Devaiah, v. The State of Telangana
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: TIRUMALA DEVI EADA
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Case summary
High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2026-01-23. Puranam Ravindar alias Kuruna Devaiah, v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case...
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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JANUARY rWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 672 OF 2026 Between Puranam Ravindar alias Kuruna Devaiah. S/o. Bhavani, Aged 32 years, Occ. Business, R/o. H. No. 2-57l1 , Gunjapadugu Village, Gollapalli Mandal, Jagtia I Distrtct. Pincode 505532. ... Petitioner/Acc used No. 3 AND 1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana, at Hyderabad, 2. Sri. E. Kiran Kumar, Sub-lnspector, Dharmapuri P. S, Jagtial District Pincode 505425 ... RespondenUCo m pla ina nt Petition under Section 528 of B. N. S. S. praying that in the circumstances stated in the [Vlemorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash the impugned proceedings in C C. No. 1584 of 2022 on lhe file of the Court of the Judicial [/agistrate of First Class at Dharmapuri. l. A.
NO: 2 OF 2026 Petition under Section 528 of B. N. S. S praying that in the circumstances stated in the [t4emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant interim stay of all further proceedings in C. C. No 1584 of 2022, on the file of the Court of the Judicial [t4agistrate of First Class at Dharmapuri, including appearance and attendance of the Petitioner/Accused No. 3, pending disposal of the above Crrminal petition. Thrs Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusinq 1r: [t4emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the argumerrt of Sri Gaje Raghu, Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri V. Jithender Rao, Additio r rr Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No. 1 and none appeared for th: Flespondent No 2 The Court made the following: ORDER ,r*6. ct ,4a. 5ry IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVIEADA CRIMINAL PETITION No. 672 ot 2026 Date: 23. 01.
2026 Between: Puranam Ravindar @ Karuna Devaiah ... Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court ofTelangana, at Hyderabad and another Respondents ORDER This Criminal petition is filed by the petitioner/accused No. 3 under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNSS, 2023') seeking quashment of proceedings in C. C. No. 15B4 of 2022 on the file. of Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Dharmapuri, registered for the offences punishable under Section 420 of lndian Penal Code, 1860 (for short'lPC') and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short'EC Act'). . 1" 2. Heard Sri G. Raghu, learned counsel for the ;l rtitioner as wefi as Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned A( Jitional public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents. 3.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits t,at the specific allegation against the petitioner is that he has pro ured pDS rice from the beneficiaries at cheaper rate to sell the sar e for profit and on 21 . 12. 2021, the petitioner was found in posses: i rn of 5 quintals of PDS rice. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would fu, rer submit that without there being any complaint from any benefic. :/, alleging that the rice was procured deceptively or with a crirr nal intent and charging the petitioner for prosecution is untenab r and improper. The allegations on his face value cannot be susta i red against the petitioner. Further, this Court in Crl. p. Nos. 5lO9 of 2119 and 33493 of 2015 while considering the same situation, . ically categ: observed that the offences alleged against the petitioners ilr, rein cannot be continued and quashed the proceedings. The p r titioner is also entitled to the same relief and hence prayec to quash the proceedings against the petitioner. 5.
The learned Additional public prosecutor sult nits that as per prosecution, the offence said to have been cc r rmitted by the petitioners is cheating, violation of Section 7 rr the Essential <. $87 _. -:rr'w ":. :? Commodities Act, 1955. Hence, requested to pass appropriate orders. 6. Perused the material available on record. 7. Section 7 of the Essentral Commodities Act contemplate that any person contravenes with the production, supply, distribution and trade of essential commodities in this regard, is punishable. As per the prosecution, the petitioner has procured PDS rice from the beneficiaries after supply from the dealer. 8. A Coordinate Bench of this Cou( in Crl. P. No.
7227 o't 2025 has considered the identical facts and observed that: "There is no averment indicating that the petitioners in any way deceptively induced the beneficiaries to part with the supplied PDS rice or the beneficiary entrusted the PDS rice purchased by them with the petitioners and they dishonestly misappropriated or converted to therr own use or used it in violation of a lawful direction or contract. ln the absence of essential factors, on the face of prosecution, this Court finds it to be a fit case to exercise the jurisdiction under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, Thus, continuance of proceedings against the petitioners is abuse of process of law. " 9. The facts and circumstances of the present case also similar to those in the above case and hence, this Cou( finds it to be a fit case to exercise jurisdiction under Section 528 of BNSS by applying -/ E the same analogy and to quash the proceedrn s against the petitioner herein. '10.
Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is ai r wed and the proceedings in C. C. No. 1584 of 2022 on the file of . Jtrr icial Magistrate of First Class at Dharmapuri, against the petitionrrr . accused No. 3, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous petitions, pending if any, shall r;1 tnd closed SD/- A. F. ; GOWRI SHANKAR S] STANT REGISTRAR i \--. *-'- //TRUE COPYII 'sECTtoN oFFtcER To, 1 The Judrcial Magrstrate of First Class, at Dharmapuri. 2 The Statron House Officer, Dharmapun Police Station I rttral Drstnct 3 One CC to Sri Gaje Raghu, Advocate [OPUC] 4 Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court for the Stale f Telangara lourl 5 Two CD Copies YIR /PSI- HIGH COURT DATED:2310112026 ir\-SIA r€: q. o o0 I /rl? 6 J- * ) ORDER CRLP. No. 672 of 2026 ALLOWING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITII-,N. g . #
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