Guguloth Bheema, @ Bheemla Naik v. The State of Telangana
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: TIRUMALA DEVI EADA
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High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2026-01-08. Guguloth Bheema, @ Bheemla Naik v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details...
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IN THE HiGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA // AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TIA/ENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 176 OF 2026 Between: 1. Guguloth Bheema, @ Bheemla Naik, S/o Lalya, Aged about 47 years, Occ Agriculture, 2. Surya Prakash, Surya Pra{hap, S/o G. Bheema, Aged about 23 years, Occ. @ Student H. No. 5-68i2, Chandya Thanda, Kuravai, WC, Thattupalle (PO), [All are R/o Warangal District (now Mahabubabad District) - 506 105. ] 3. Sai Kumar, S/o Narsimha, Aged about 27 yeas, Occ. Pvt. Employee, R/o 4-8, Pinnireddygudem, Gopalapuram, Khammam District - 507 210. ... Petitioners/Accused-1 to 3 AND at 1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court Hyderabad. .. plaina-nt 'Respondent-1/Com PS- 2. Shaik Shakeer, S/o. 'Not known, Age- Major, Occ. Sub-lnspector, Office-lrtlahabubabad Town. Mahabubabad District. ...
Respondent-2lBetaclo Complai 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 Call for the record and quash the proceedings in FIR No. 568 of 2025 dated 31t12t2O25 of PS- Mahabubabad Town, Mahabubabad district. l. A. NO: 2 OF 2026 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 Stay all further proceedings in FIR No. 568 of 2025 dated 31-12- 2025 of PS- Mahabubabad Town, Mahabubabad district, pending disposal of the quash petition. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the M€morandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Mr ANGOTHU NEHRU. Advocate for the Petitioners and Mr. JITHENDER RAO VEERAMALLA' the Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of Respondent No. 1 and none appeared for the ResPondent No.
2 The Court made the following: ORDER lN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELI TNGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DE! IEADA CRIMINAL PETITION Nq . lLor 2926 Date:08. 01. 2026 Between: Guguloth Bheema, @ Bheemla Naik and two other; 'etitioners AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by fts Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad and another ... R,:;pondents ORDER This Criminal Petition is filed und€r Secti{} r 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for s rort 'BNSS') by the petitioners/accused Nos. 1 to 3 seeking 1 : quash the procedings against them in Crime No. 568 ol zli 5 on the file of Mahabubabad Town Police Station, Mahabutr bad District, registered for the alleged offences punishable ur Jer Sections 296 (b) and 132 r/w. 3 (5) of Bharatiya Nyaya ! anhita, 2023 (for short'BNS'). . / Crl. P 176 20. 26 2. Heard Mr.
Angothu Nehru, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr-Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent No. 1. 3. Though this petition is filed for quashing the proceedings in the crime, during the course of arguments, learned counsel for petitioners has sought for directions to the Police to proceed wdh investiga$on by iss*rng notioe {*nder Seottion 35(3} €f . BNSS (Previously Section 41-A of Cr. P. C. ). 4. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor has not disputed the same. 5. Considering the submissions of both the counsel and on perusal of the material available on record, it is seen that the allegations are under Sections 296 (b) and 132 r/w. 3 (5) of BNS and the punishment prescribed for the said offences alleged against the petitioners is less than seven (07) years, Hence, without going into the merits of the case, this Court deems it appropriate to direct the petitioners to appear before the\lnvestigating Officer on or before 05. 02.
2026 between Crl. P 176 2O26 11:00 a. m. and 05:00 p. m. and in turn, the lnvest lating Officer j is directed to follow the procedure laid down un -'r Section 35 (3) of the BNSS (previously section 41-A of Crimit ,al Procedure Code, 1973) and also the guidelines formulated k y the Hon'ble Supreme Court of lndia in Amesh Kumar v. Slrte of Bihal scrupulously. However, the petitioners shall submit their defense and co-operate with the lnvestigating ( fficer as and when required by furnishing information anrl produc,e all relevant documents/material required for the Frt rpose of the investigation and the lnvestigating Officer sha I consider the same and shall complete the investigatio r strictly tn accordance with law. 6. lf the. petitioners fail to appear before th: lnvestigating Officer, within the stipulated time, the lnvestiga ing Officer is entitled to take steps in accordance with law. V.
Withtheabovesaidobservatinns, this Crnr nal Petitionis disposed of (2014) ' I scc 273 ETq r Crl. P 176 2026 As a sequel, the miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. SD/- M. NAGAMANI ASSISTANT REGISTRA //TRUE COPY// ECTION OFFICER l To, 1. The Principal Judicial First Class Magistrate at Mahabubabad. I I 2. The Station House Officer, Mahabubabad Town Police Station, Mahabubabad District 3. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court for the Stale of Telangana, at Hyderabad. [OU! 4. One CC to Mr. ANGOTHU NEHRU, Advocate IOPUCI 5. Two CD Copies RC/PSL I FY I \ /- HIGH COURT DATED: 0810112026 1HE i I ( () ii i',s i: I z i 7175 5 P * ORDER . ', PA r'5,-! ':':/' ::. CRLP. No. 176 of 2026 Accordingly, this Griminal Petition is [) sposed of. d(A d. Xft'
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