[ 3303 ] IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRIJUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NOt 12524OF 2026 Between: Occ. Yellenki Viran Kumar @Veeraiah, S/o. Bhadraiah, Age. 41 years, Karimnagar Business, Fl/o. H.No. 8-4-600/1 , Ganesh Nagar, Karimnagar, District. ...PETITIONERYACCUSED No.3 AND 1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad through S.H.O., P.S. CCC Naspur, Mancherial District. 2. T. Srinivas, S/o. Unknown, Age. Major, Occ. Sub-lnspector of Police, Fl/o. CCC Naspur, Mancherial District. ...RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANTS 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 forthe records relating to C.C. No.1033 OF 2024 on the file of the lAddl. Judicial First Class Magistrate, Mancherial against the Petitioner/Accused No.3 and quash the same. l.A. NO: 1OF 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 Igrant stay of all further proceedings in C.C. No.1033 OF 2024 on the file of the Addl. Judicial First-Class Magistrate, Mancherial including appearance of the Petitioner/ Accused No.3 till the disposal of the Criminal Petition in the interest of the justice.

This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri ANUGANTI PRANEETH, Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, the 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 THE HICH COT.Rl' FOR ]'IIE STA'[T- OT- ]'ELANCANA AI'HYDEIIABAT) T'HE Ho\oT R.\I}I,}- SRI .II,STIC}]J.SREE,NIVAS RAO CRINTINAL PETII-ION No.12524 of 2026 Date: 04.08.2026 []et ri cen Yclicnki \jilan KLrnrar rl \lccraiah .. Petitioner {\t) fhe Statc ol'-l clansana and anolhcr liespondcnts oRDIiR l his ('rrnrinal l)ctitiou has been tlled by the petitioner accused \o.3 seeking to quash the proceedings ln C ('.\o. l(-t3.-l n, 0l.i on Lhe lilc ol the leamed I Additional .luclicial Iirst (']ass \lagrslrarc. at \'lancherial 2. Ilcard \,1r..\n Lrg.rnt i Pranccth. learned counsel lor thc pelilioner rnd \'lr..lithcrr.irr Rao \ ccrantalla. leamed Additicrnal Puhlie Pro:ccLltor ior rc\ponclcnt \o. l l. [he specifrc allegation against the petit ioner/acc used No..] is that hc has procur-ed l,i)S r icc tiom thc bcnellciar.ies at cheaper rate to seli the same tbr prolir and on 16.09.202 l. the petitioner. u as tbund in possession o1-.11 tlLrinial:, o1'Ir[-tS rice -.I- 2

4. Learned counsel lor the petitioner would submit that without there being any complaint fiom any beneficiary, alteging that the rice was procured deceptively or with a criminal intent and charging the petitioner lbl prosccution is untenable and improper The allegations, even taken at his face value cannot be sustained against the petitioner. Further, this Court, in Crl.P.No.5709 of 20 19, while considering the same situation, categorically observed that the olfences alleged against the petitioners therein could not be continued and accordingly quashed the proceedings. The petitioner is also entitled to the sarne rclicl and hence prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner 5. The leamed Additional Public Prosecutor submits that as per prosecution,, the offences said to have been committed by the petitioner is cheating and violation ol Section 7 of the EC Act and requested to pass appropriate orders person6. Section 7 of the EC Act contemplate that any contravenes with the production, supply, distribution and trade of essential commodities, is punishable. As per the prosecution. the petitioner has procured PDS rice liom the beneficiaries after supply from the dealer 3 7. A (loordinate Ilench o1- this Court in Crl.P.No.7227 ol l0l-s has considered the identical facts and observed that:

'lhcrt tt 't() tt\!t-t)t(nt iruli((tut{ tlLtt tll.' pctttiontrr tn qnt r'(0 ,/'dLr,i )//rr,;r ,t,lt,.:.1 i,t, lirr,,1r. i,a r,,' tt) l)lrt \tith thL,.tultpli PDS ricc rr tlrt l'ttt,,'ir.tttrt rl!ttt\trtl thr, I'l).\ rrct t)tt'.ito\L,l h,t thent the ^ith Det ionL.)'tttill tilt,:. Lit\ho r.stll, nttsetl4tr<tpritrtt'd or c'o vertcd to their t)\n u.\t) tt' .r.setl tt itt t tolution of u lat/ul direction or (onlruLl- In thr !b\el(f o/ r.\\aDntl .1,rtt0t's. t) tlk' ld(( of pntsccLrti)tt, thi.s ( ottrt find:, itlt)h(;tlil -/\('1lr e,\(/L/.\( titt lut i rtttott LrttLlt,r,\tctiott J?,t o/ B\lSS l0l-l fhtr: .t)utuutuuL! rtl ltrott'Ltltttgs ttlquintt the lteltlionc,r. i.s ubuse lutL tl ltt,tt.;' o 8. The facts and circumstances of the present case also similar to those in the abrx e case and hence . this CoLrrt llnds it to be. a flt cas. to crclcisc' -iurisclicrion Lrndcr Scction ,528 ol BNSS bv aopll ing thc sumc analogl ancl to cluash the proceedings against the pctitioner lte rc. in 9. AccordingJl. thc C'riminal Petition is allowed and the procecdings in C.(1.\o.1033 o1'2024 on the file of the learned I Additional JLrdicial Irirsr ('lass \{agistrate. at \Iancherial, against thc peLitioner uccuscd \o..1. arc hcrebr quashed Pendinc rnisce-lleneous applications. il any. shall stand c loseil Sd/. K. BHAVANI SWAMY ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// ,,\ sEcnoN oFFtcER \ To, 1. The I Addl. Judicial First Class Magistrate, Mancherial

2. The Station House Officer, Police Station, Naspur, Mancherial District gi:E,}5.atEr 3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad (OUT) +. One CC to SRl. ANUGANTI PRANEETH Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CD Copies #TPK HIGH COURT DATED: 0410812026 At t ELA ORDER o * CRLP.No.12524 of 2026 Luq s ,qJo -r-! =s ou. \ '$ a l, CRIMINAL PETITION IS ALLOWED €,),", ,rlrlr,

[ 3303 ] IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRIJUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NOt 12524OF 2026 Between: Occ. Yellenki Viran Kumar @Veeraiah, S/o. Bhadraiah, Age. 41 years, Karimnagar Business, Fl/o. H.No. 8-4-600/1 , Ganesh Nagar, Karimnagar, District. ...PETITIONERYACCUSED No.3 AND 1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad through S.H.O., P.S. CCC Naspur, Mancherial District. 2. T. Srinivas, S/o. Unknown, Age. Major, Occ. Sub-lnspector of Police, Fl/o. CCC Naspur, Mancherial District. ...RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANTS 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 forthe records relating to C.C. No.1033 OF 2024 on the file of the lAddl. Judicial First Class Magistrate, Mancherial against the Petitioner/Accused No.3 and quash the same. l.A. NO: 1OF 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 Igrant stay of all further proceedings in C.C. No.1033 OF 2024 on the file of the Addl. Judicial First-Class Magistrate, Mancherial including appearance of the Petitioner/ Accused No.3 till the disposal of the Criminal Petition in the interest of the justice.

This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri ANUGANTI PRANEETH, Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, the 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 THE HICH COT.Rl' FOR ]'IIE STA'[T- OT- ]'ELANCANA AI'HYDEIIABAT) T'HE Ho\oT R.\I}I,}- SRI .II,STIC}]J.SREE,NIVAS RAO CRINTINAL PETII-ION No.12524 of 2026 Date: 04.08.2026 []et ri cen Yclicnki \jilan KLrnrar rl \lccraiah .. Petitioner {\t) fhe Statc ol'-l clansana and anolhcr liespondcnts oRDIiR l his ('rrnrinal l)ctitiou has been tlled by the petitioner accused \o.3 seeking to quash the proceedings ln C ('.\o. l(-t3.-l n, 0l.i on Lhe lilc ol the leamed I Additional .luclicial Iirst (']ass \lagrslrarc. at \'lancherial 2. Ilcard \,1r..\n Lrg.rnt i Pranccth. learned counsel lor thc pelilioner rnd \'lr..lithcrr.irr Rao \ ccrantalla. leamed Additicrnal Puhlie Pro:ccLltor ior rc\ponclcnt \o. l l. [he specifrc allegation against the petit ioner/acc used No..] is that hc has procur-ed l,i)S r icc tiom thc bcnellciar.ies at cheaper rate to seli the same tbr prolir and on 16.09.202 l. the petitioner. u as tbund in possession o1-.11 tlLrinial:, o1'Ir[-tS rice -.I- 2

4. Learned counsel lor the petitioner would submit that without there being any complaint fiom any beneficiary, alteging that the rice was procured deceptively or with a criminal intent and charging the petitioner lbl prosccution is untenable and improper The allegations, even taken at his face value cannot be sustained against the petitioner. Further, this Court, in Crl.P.No.5709 of 20 19, while considering the same situation, categorically observed that the olfences alleged against the petitioners therein could not be continued and accordingly quashed the proceedings. The petitioner is also entitled to the sarne rclicl and hence prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner 5. The leamed Additional Public Prosecutor submits that as per prosecution,, the offences said to have been committed by the petitioner is cheating and violation ol Section 7 of the EC Act and requested to pass appropriate orders person6. Section 7 of the EC Act contemplate that any contravenes with the production, supply, distribution and trade of essential commodities, is punishable. As per the prosecution. the petitioner has procured PDS rice liom the beneficiaries after supply from the dealer 3 7. A (loordinate Ilench o1- this Court in Crl.P.No.7227 ol l0l-s has considered the identical facts and observed that:

'lhcrt tt 't() tt\!t-t)t(nt iruli((tut{ tlLtt tll.' pctttiontrr tn qnt r'(0 ,/'dLr,i )//rr,;r ,t,lt,.:.1 i,t, lirr,,1r. i,a r,,' tt) l)lrt \tith thL,.tultpli PDS ricc rr tlrt l'ttt,,'ir.tttrt rl!ttt\trtl thr, I'l).\ rrct t)tt'.ito\L,l h,t thent the ^ith Det ionL.)'tttill tilt,:. Lit\ho r.stll, nttsetl4tr<tpritrtt'd or c'o vertcd to their t)\n u.\t) tt' .r.setl tt itt t tolution of u lat/ul direction or (onlruLl- In thr !b\el(f o/ r.\\aDntl .1,rtt0t's. t) tlk' ld(( of pntsccLrti)tt, thi.s ( ottrt find:, itlt)h(;tlil -/\('1lr e,\(/L/.\( titt lut i rtttott LrttLlt,r,\tctiott J?,t o/ B\lSS l0l-l fhtr: .t)utuutuuL! rtl ltrott'Ltltttgs ttlquintt the lteltlionc,r. i.s ubuse lutL tl ltt,tt.;' o 8. The facts and circumstances of the present case also similar to those in the abrx e case and hence . this CoLrrt llnds it to be. a flt cas. to crclcisc' -iurisclicrion Lrndcr Scction ,528 ol BNSS bv aopll ing thc sumc analogl ancl to cluash the proceedings against the pctitioner lte rc. in 9. AccordingJl. thc C'riminal Petition is allowed and the procecdings in C.(1.\o.1033 o1'2024 on the file of the learned I Additional JLrdicial Irirsr ('lass \{agistrate. at \Iancherial, against thc peLitioner uccuscd \o..1. arc hcrebr quashed Pendinc rnisce-lleneous applications. il any. shall stand c loseil Sd/. K. BHAVANI SWAMY ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// ,,\ sEcnoN oFFtcER \ To, 1. The I Addl. Judicial First Class Magistrate, Mancherial

2. The Station House Officer, Police Station, Naspur, Mancherial District gi:E,}5.atEr 3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad (OUT) +. One CC to SRl. ANUGANTI PRANEETH Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CD Copies #TPK HIGH COURT DATED: 0410812026 At t ELA ORDER o * CRLP.No.12524 of 2026 Luq s ,qJo -r-! =s ou. \ '$ a l, CRIMINAL PETITION IS ALLOWED €,),", ,rlrlr,