Golla Sangamesh v. The State of Telangana,

Court: High Court for State of Telangana

Bench: J SREENIVAS RAO

Judgment date: 2025-12-16

Case summary

High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2025-12-16. Golla Sangamesh v. The State of Telangana,. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.

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[ 3303 ] IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 16827 OF 2025 Between : 1. Golla Sangamesh, S/o. Ramkistaiah Aged about 47 years, occ. Assistant Professor 2. Golla Swaroopa, W/o. Golla Sangamesh, Aged about 46 years, Occ. Household. Both are Rl/o H. No. 12-8411, Gokul Nagar, New Malkapur, Kondapur Mandal, Sangareddy District- 502295. ... Petitioner/Accused Nos. 'l & 2. AND 1 The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana at Hyderabad. 2. Rukmamola Anitha, W/o. Prabhaker Goud, Aged about 54 Years, 0ccHouse wife, Rl/o Opp. Manikprabhu Temple, Jogipet, Andole lvlandal, Sanga Reddy District-502270 ...

Res pond e nUC om pla in a nt 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 in FIR No. 287 of 2025, dated 22-11-2025, registered on the file of Jogipet Police Station, Sangareddy District against the petitioners herein. l. A. NO: 2OF 2025 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. 2B7 of 2025, daled 22-11' 2025, registered on the file of Jogipet Police Station, Sangareddy District against the petitioners herein. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Katika Ravinder Reddy, Advocate for the Petitioner and Mr. Jithen j :r Rao Veeramalla, Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent Nc .

L The Court made the following: ORDER +. :*. d|.. w. -r/), l' '- . / IN THE HTGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 16827 of 2025 Date:16. 12. 2025 Between: Golla Sangamesh and another ... Petitioners AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana at Hyderabad and another. Respondents Order This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR No. 287 of 2025, on the file of the Jogipet Police Station, Sangareddy District, wherein the petitioners were anayed as accused Nos. I and 2, for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4) and 351 r/w 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha,2023. 2. Heard Mr. K. Ravinder Reddy, leamed counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No. I -State. 3.

Learned counsel for the petitioners raised sev,l ol grounds, but restricted his prayer requesting the Court to direct J e lnvestigating Of ficer to follow the procedure as contemplated urtrl :r Section 4l-A '-of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (for short. r. P. C. ')/Section 35(3) of the Bharativa Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. . 023 (for short, 'BNSS') and also the guidelines formulated by thr: Apex Court in Arnesh Kunrar Vs. State of Bihart, since the r, lences levelled against the petitioners are punishable with imprisc r ment o[ below seven years. 4. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor subr titted that the petitioners may be directed to appear before the Inves igating Officer, and on such appearance, the Investigating Officer lill issue notice under Section 4l-A of the Cr. P. C. /Section 35(3) o'rhe BNSS. The Investigating Oflicer will also follow the procedure Ls contemplated undcr law 5.

Taking into consideration the facts and circrr nstances of the case and the submissions made by the respective tarties, without expresslng any view on the merits of the case, the pct Ltioners/accused Nos. I qd 2 are directed to appear before the lnvestill ,ting Officer, on '(2014) 8 scc 273 w or before 24. 12. 2025, and on such appearance, the Investigating Officer is entitled to issue notice under Section 41-A of the Cr. P. C. /Section l5(3) of the BNSS and follow the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar stpra. 6. lt is made clear that the petitioners are entitled to submit reply/exptanation along with the documents, which are available with them, to the Investigating Ofticer. 7. Ifthe petitioners fail to appear before the Investigating Officer, within the stipulated time, the Investigating Officer is entitled to take action against them in accordance with law. 8. Subject to the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of.

Miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand closed. SD/. A. H. S. GOWRI SHANKAR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR e //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Judicial First Class Magistrate Andole at Jogipet, Sangareddy District. I 2. The Station House Officer, Jogipet Police Station, Sangareddy District. 3. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court for the state of Telangana, at* Hyderabad. [OUT] 4. One CC to Sri Katika Ravinder Reddy, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CD Copies SVS --3::---:*:=r*dEr HIGH COURT JSR,J DATED:1611212025 TATF ( U z-o , ? fl1 a O I rrit {':: -l; t) * ) tc... o*{:? / ORDER __.. --. t.. CRLP. No. 16827 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE CRLP

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