[ 3303 ] IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENry SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO GRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12'100 OF 2026 Between: '1 Occu . Kompally Venkanna Goud, Sio Venkata Lachaiah, Age 36 yrs, Business, Rl/o Kanagal village and Mandal, Nalgonda Dist Rl/o 2. Parsanaboina Edaiah, S/o Bixam, Age 52 yrs, Occu Ration Dealer, Budamarlapally village, Kanagal Mandal, Nalgonda Dist. 3. Male Rama Linga Reddy, S/o Ranga Reddy, Age 45 yrs, Occu Ration Dealer, Rl/o Pulimamidi village, Anumula Mandal, Nalgonda Dist. 4. Bommu Venkateshwarlu @ Venkannq, S/o Bala Mallaiah, Age 46 yrs, Occ Ration shop dealer, Fi/o Amuluru village, Gunampode Mandal, Nalgonda Dist Rl/o 5. Yanaka Venkataiah, S/o Venkulu, Age 57 yrs, Occu Ration shop dealer, Chepur village, Gurrampode Mandal, Nalgonda Dist shop 6. Repaka Sunitha, W/o Venkateshwarlu (late), Age 40 yrs, Occu Ration dealer, Fl/o Gurrampode village and Mandal, Nalgonda Dist 7. Thakkallapally Saidaiah, S/o Pedda Mogulaiah, Age 37 yrs, Occu Ration shop dealer, Rl/o Anumula village and Mandal, Nalgonda Dist. Rl/o 8. Mandali Venkataiah, Sio Edaiah, Age 38 yrs, Occu Ration Dealer, Theratigudem village, Gurrampode Mandal, Nalgonda Dist. 9. Gattu Srinivas, S/o Ramulu, Age 47 yrs, Occu Business, R/o H.No. 4-13, G.Yedavelly village, Kanagal Mandal. ...PETITIONERS/ACCUSED NO. 1 to 9 AND

Court, 1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Hyderabad. 2. P. Vishnu Murthy, S/o Not known to the petitioners, Occ Sl of Police, Kanagal Police station, Nalgonda District. ...RESPON DENTS/COMPLAINANTS lllrllat ttEEaJ 2 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Couri may be pleased to quash the proceedings in CC No. 152812024 forthe offences Ll/s 318(4) BNS and Section 7 of Essential Commodities Act on the file of the lll Addl. Judicial First Class Magistrate at Nalgonda against the petitioners. LA. 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 stay of all further proceedings in CC No. 152812024 for the offences U/s 318(4) BNS and Section 7 of Essential Commodities Act on the file of the lll Addl. Judicial First Class Magistrate at Nalgonda against the petitioners pending disposal of the above criminal petition. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri pRAVEEN KUMAR VEERJALA, Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, the Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.'l and none appeared for the Respondent No.2. The Court made the following: ORDER ,--- IN THE HIGH COURTFOR'IIIE STA'I'E OF TELANGANA

A'I TIYDERABAT) THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.l2l00 of 2026 Date: I L08.2026 []etw,een Kompally Venkanna Goud and eight others. ...Petitioners/Accused Nos. I to 9 ANt) -l he State of1'elangana and anothcr Respondents ORDIiR I'his Crirninal PeLition has been tlled under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 by the petitioners, the who u'ere arrayed as accused Nos. I to 9. seeking to quash the III proceedings in C.C.No. 1528 ol 2024 on the file of the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate at Nalgonda, for Sanhita, oll-errces under Scction 318('1) oi thc Ilharatiya Nyaya 5. 2023 and Section 7 of thc l']ssential C'omrnodities Act, 195 the '). f{eard Mr. V.Praveen Kumar, leamed counsel for petitioners, and Mr.V.Jithendar Rao, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent Nos. I and 2 -- 2

3. Though the present Criminal Petition has been Iiled seeking to quash the proceedings in C.('.No. 1528 ol' 20It4 b1 raising various grounds and when this Court is not inclinerl to quash the proceedings on the ground that the grounds urged bl the leamed counsel for the petitioncrs are rcquired trial by th,: Ieamed trial Court, especially specific allegations are levelled in the complainr that petitioner Nos.2 to 8, being ration shop dealers, are selling PDS rice to petitioner No.1. who in turn selling the same to the rice mill of petitioner No.9 and that ihere is conspiracy betrveen the petitioner Nos.2 to 8 and petitioner Nos. I and 9. A t this juncture, *req learned counsel for the petit ioners uested this Ccurt to dispense w ith the presence ol the petitioner No.9/acc rsed No.9 in C.C.No. 1528 of 2024 on the file olthe III Addition:l Judicial First Class Magistrate at Nalgonda. as the matter befbre the trial Court has not vet ripened lbr trial 4. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor has not opposed the submissions made by the learned counsel lbr peritioners. 5. ln view of the above submissions, the p,resence of the petitioner No.9/accused No.9 in C.C.No. I528 of 2024 on rhe file of the III Additional Judicial F irsr CIass Magisrrare ar Nalgonda, is uaa-J 3

dispensed with, subjcct to the condition that he shall be represented through his counsel on each and every date of hearing. If the presence of the petitioner No.9 is required, he shall appear before the trial Court. In case ol'his non-appearance on the specific date fixed by the trial Court for their appearance, the trial Court is entitled to proceed with the matter, in accordance with law 6. Accordingly, the criminal pctition is disposed of Miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand c losed Sd/. T. SRINIVASA REDDY ASSISTANT REGIST //TRUE COPY// I TION OFFICER To, 1. The lll Addl. Judicial First Class Magistrate at Nalgonda 2. The Station House Officer, Police Station, Kangal, Nalgonda District 3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad (OUT) 4. One CC to SRl. PRAVEEN KUMAR VEERJALA Advocate tOpUCl 5. Two CD Copies rPr(KAM * HIGH COURT DATED: 1110812026 sr{7 1t\€ f tk {) AUE 2026 ozORDER )) 2 0 I CRLP.No.12100 of 2026 t. PA'iCi CRIMINAL PETITION IS DISPOSED OF Njr ,qlsl16

[ 3303 ] IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENry SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J SREENIVAS RAO GRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12'100 OF 2026 Between: '1 Occu . Kompally Venkanna Goud, Sio Venkata Lachaiah, Age 36 yrs, Business, Rl/o Kanagal village and Mandal, Nalgonda Dist Rl/o 2. Parsanaboina Edaiah, S/o Bixam, Age 52 yrs, Occu Ration Dealer, Budamarlapally village, Kanagal Mandal, Nalgonda Dist. 3. Male Rama Linga Reddy, S/o Ranga Reddy, Age 45 yrs, Occu Ration Dealer, Rl/o Pulimamidi village, Anumula Mandal, Nalgonda Dist. 4. Bommu Venkateshwarlu @ Venkannq, S/o Bala Mallaiah, Age 46 yrs, Occ Ration shop dealer, Fi/o Amuluru village, Gunampode Mandal, Nalgonda Dist Rl/o 5. Yanaka Venkataiah, S/o Venkulu, Age 57 yrs, Occu Ration shop dealer, Chepur village, Gurrampode Mandal, Nalgonda Dist shop 6. Repaka Sunitha, W/o Venkateshwarlu (late), Age 40 yrs, Occu Ration dealer, Fl/o Gurrampode village and Mandal, Nalgonda Dist 7. Thakkallapally Saidaiah, S/o Pedda Mogulaiah, Age 37 yrs, Occu Ration shop dealer, Rl/o Anumula village and Mandal, Nalgonda Dist. Rl/o 8. Mandali Venkataiah, Sio Edaiah, Age 38 yrs, Occu Ration Dealer, Theratigudem village, Gurrampode Mandal, Nalgonda Dist. 9. Gattu Srinivas, S/o Ramulu, Age 47 yrs, Occu Business, R/o H.No. 4-13, G.Yedavelly village, Kanagal Mandal. ...PETITIONERS/ACCUSED NO. 1 to 9 AND

Court, 1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Hyderabad. 2. P. Vishnu Murthy, S/o Not known to the petitioners, Occ Sl of Police, Kanagal Police station, Nalgonda District. ...RESPON DENTS/COMPLAINANTS lllrllat ttEEaJ 2 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Couri may be pleased to quash the proceedings in CC No. 152812024 forthe offences Ll/s 318(4) BNS and Section 7 of Essential Commodities Act on the file of the lll Addl. Judicial First Class Magistrate at Nalgonda against the petitioners. LA. 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 stay of all further proceedings in CC No. 152812024 for the offences U/s 318(4) BNS and Section 7 of Essential Commodities Act on the file of the lll Addl. Judicial First Class Magistrate at Nalgonda against the petitioners pending disposal of the above criminal petition. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri pRAVEEN KUMAR VEERJALA, Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, the Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.'l and none appeared for the Respondent No.2. The Court made the following: ORDER ,--- IN THE HIGH COURTFOR'IIIE STA'I'E OF TELANGANA

A'I TIYDERABAT) THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.l2l00 of 2026 Date: I L08.2026 []etw,een Kompally Venkanna Goud and eight others. ...Petitioners/Accused Nos. I to 9 ANt) -l he State of1'elangana and anothcr Respondents ORDIiR I'his Crirninal PeLition has been tlled under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 by the petitioners, the who u'ere arrayed as accused Nos. I to 9. seeking to quash the III proceedings in C.C.No. 1528 ol 2024 on the file of the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate at Nalgonda, for Sanhita, oll-errces under Scction 318('1) oi thc Ilharatiya Nyaya 5. 2023 and Section 7 of thc l']ssential C'omrnodities Act, 195 the '). f{eard Mr. V.Praveen Kumar, leamed counsel for petitioners, and Mr.V.Jithendar Rao, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent Nos. I and 2 -- 2

3. Though the present Criminal Petition has been Iiled seeking to quash the proceedings in C.('.No. 1528 ol' 20It4 b1 raising various grounds and when this Court is not inclinerl to quash the proceedings on the ground that the grounds urged bl the leamed counsel for the petitioncrs are rcquired trial by th,: Ieamed trial Court, especially specific allegations are levelled in the complainr that petitioner Nos.2 to 8, being ration shop dealers, are selling PDS rice to petitioner No.1. who in turn selling the same to the rice mill of petitioner No.9 and that ihere is conspiracy betrveen the petitioner Nos.2 to 8 and petitioner Nos. I and 9. A t this juncture, *req learned counsel for the petit ioners uested this Ccurt to dispense w ith the presence ol the petitioner No.9/acc rsed No.9 in C.C.No. 1528 of 2024 on the file olthe III Addition:l Judicial First Class Magistrate at Nalgonda. as the matter befbre the trial Court has not vet ripened lbr trial 4. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor has not opposed the submissions made by the learned counsel lbr peritioners. 5. ln view of the above submissions, the p,resence of the petitioner No.9/accused No.9 in C.C.No. I528 of 2024 on rhe file of the III Additional Judicial F irsr CIass Magisrrare ar Nalgonda, is uaa-J 3

dispensed with, subjcct to the condition that he shall be represented through his counsel on each and every date of hearing. If the presence of the petitioner No.9 is required, he shall appear before the trial Court. In case ol'his non-appearance on the specific date fixed by the trial Court for their appearance, the trial Court is entitled to proceed with the matter, in accordance with law 6. Accordingly, the criminal pctition is disposed of Miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand c losed Sd/. T. SRINIVASA REDDY ASSISTANT REGIST //TRUE COPY// I TION OFFICER To, 1. The lll Addl. Judicial First Class Magistrate at Nalgonda 2. The Station House Officer, Police Station, Kangal, Nalgonda District 3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad (OUT) 4. One CC to SRl. PRAVEEN KUMAR VEERJALA Advocate tOpUCl 5. Two CD Copies rPr(KAM * HIGH COURT DATED: 1110812026 sr{7 1t\€ f tk {) AUE 2026 ozORDER )) 2 0 I CRLP.No.12100 of 2026 t. PA'iCi CRIMINAL PETITION IS DISPOSED OF Njr ,qlsl16