Patel Srinivas vs The State Of Telangana on 7 July, 2026

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    Patel Srinivas vs The State Of Telangana on 7 July, 2026

    Author: K. Lakshman

    Bench: K. Lakshman

           IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
                                    AT HYDERABAD
                  THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN
                                             AND
               THE HON'BLE JUSTICE B.R.MADHUSUDHAN RAO
                     CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.278 OF 2025
                             DATED:         07th JULY 2026
    Between:
    1.Patel Srinivas and another
                                                         ... Appellants - A1 & A2
                                         And
    The State of Telangana,
    Rep. by its Public Prosecutor,
    High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad
                                                         ... Respondent
                                   JUDGMENT
    

    (per the Hon’ble Justice B.R.Madhusudhan Rao)

    1. This Memorandum of Criminal Appeal is filed under Section

    SPONSORED

    415(2) of BNSS, assailing the judgment passed by the learned

    Principal District and Sessions Judge, Sangareddy in S.C.No.182 of

    2012, dated 28.01.2025.

    2. The appellants are A1 and A2 in S.C.No.182 of 2012.

    3. The present appeal came to be filed on 25.02.2025. The

    memo of appearance is filed by Sri T.Anirudh Reddy (14000),

    Tanshree Bose and Shreedhar Dasari for the appellants – A1 and

    A2. Memo of appearance does not contain signature of the
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    appellants – A1 and A2 or of their interested persons. Sri

    S.Sudharshan (6727) advocate has obtained no objection from Sri

    T.Anirudh Reddy (14000) for appellant No.1 – Patel Srinivas,

    whereunder his wife P.Manjula has authorized Sri S.Sudarshan to

    file vakalath on behalf of appellant No.1 – A1. The above said

    vakalath came to be filed on 17.09.2025. While things stood, Almas

    Mohammed (11237) has filed vakalath with no objection from

    S.Sudarshan (6727). The vakalath filed by Almas Mohammed is

    signed by the appellant No.1 – A1 vide UT No.8812 which is

    attested by the Jailor, Central Prison, Cherlapalli.

    4. Insofar as accused No.2 – A2 Syed Ayub is concerned there

    is no proper vakalath or authorization but the Registry has

    numbered the appeal, hence we are not considering the appeal

    filed by A2-Syed Ayub as there is no proper vakalath and

    autharization.

    5.1 The case of the prosecution is that PW1 – Smt.K.Suvarna

    along with her husband Manoharchary came to Bandlaguda from

    their native place Shadulnagar for eking out their livelihood and

    residing in a rented house. Since two months her husband was not

    attending any work and wandering. On 02.02.2012 at 12.00 hours

    her husband quarrelled with her and took her gold pusthela thadu

    from her neck, meantime his friends A1-Patel Srinivas and A2-
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    Syed Ayub came to their house and took him out, but thereafter

    her husband did not return home. On 03.02.2012, she came to

    know that a dead body was found near railway quarters,

    Patancheru. Immediately she went to the spot and identified the

    dead body and confirmed that it is her husband Manoharchary

    and found bleeding injuries on his face, upper lip and head, some

    bricks were found near the dead body. She is suspecting that A1

    and A2 might have killed her husband and lodged Ex.P1-

    complaint before the police, basing on which Ex.P7 – FIR came to

    be registered.

    5.2 On 02.02.2012 at about 16.00 hours A1 and A2 were

    apprehended on suspicion and were brought to the police station,

    on interrogation they confessed that they have committed the

    offence, in presence of PW7 – R.Venkaiah and LW10-Machukuri

    Ravi, their confession-cum-seizure Panchanama was recorded and

    material objects were seized i.e., MO1 – Pusthela Thadu from

    possession of A1, MO2 – cell phone, MO3 – Bajaj Scooter bearing

    Registration No.AP-23-H-9479 from possession of A2 along with

    blood stained cotton collected from the wall and head of the

    deceased, MO4 – two blood stained brick pieces, blood stained T-

    shirt etc, after completing investigation filed charge sheet.
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    6. The learned Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class has

    taken cognizance of the offence under Sections 302 and 349 of IPC

    against A1 and A2 and furnished required documents as

    contemplated under law and later committed the case to the

    Sessions Court. The learned Principal District and Sessions Judge,

    Sangareddy, has taken cognizance in S.C.No.182 of 2012 for the

    offence under Sections 302 and 379 of IPC against A1 and A2 and

    charges were framed accordingly. Prosecution has examined PW1

    to PW9, got marked Exs.P1 to P8 and MO1 to MO5.

    7. The learned Sessions Judge vide judgment dated 16.07.2012

    has acquitted A1 and A2 for the offences they are charged with and

    convicted them under Section 411 of IPC. Operative portion of the

    judgment reads as under:

    27. In the result, the accused (A1 & A2) are found not guilty of the
    offences punishable under sections 302 and 379 I.P.C and they are
    acquitted under section 235(1) Cr.P.C there-for. They are found
    guilty of an offence punishable under section 411 I.P.C and hence,
    they are convicted, there-for, under section 235(2) Cr.P.C. MO1
    (pusthelathadu), MO2 (cell-phone), MO3 (scooter bearing registration
    No. AP-23-H-9479) shall be returned to the concerned on proper
    proof and identification. MO4 (two blood stained bricks) and MO5
    (pair of chappals) and also the non-valuable unmarked case
    property, if any, shall be destroyed after lapse of appeal time.

    8.1 A2-Syed Ayub has filed Criminal Appeal No.737 of 2012

    before the High Court aggrieved by the judgment in S.C.No.182 of
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    2012, dated 16.07.2012. Crl.A.No.737 of 2012 was admitted on

    01.08.2012, on the same day sentence of imprisonment was

    suspended and A2 was granted bail vide Crl.A.M.P.No.1612 of

    2012.

    8.2 A similar appeal is filed by A1 and A2 before the High Court

    vide Crl.A.No.742 of 2012 aggrieved by the judgment in S.C.No.182

    of 2012, dated 16.07.2012. Appeal was admitted on 03.08.2012,

    on the same day sentence of imprisonment was suspended against

    A1 and A2 and they were granted bail vide Crl.A.M.P.No.1624 of

    2012. The said Crl.A.No.742 of 2012 has been dismissed for non

    prosecution on 23.04.2024.

    9. It is to be noted here that Criminal Appeal No.737 of 2012

    filed by A2 – Syed Ayub was tried by a learned Single Judge of this

    Court and disposed of vide judgment dated 28.06.2024 directing

    learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Sangareddy, to

    reconsider the matter afresh with regard to the offence under

    Sections 302 and 379 of IPC, independently, after giving notice to

    the accused within three months from the date of receipt of copy of

    the judgment.

    10. The learned Principal District and Sessions Judge issued

    notice to A1 and A2 and thereafter vide judgment dated

    28.01.2025 convicted A1 and A2 for the offence under Sections 302
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    and 379 of IPC under Section 235(2) of Cr.P.C. and sentenced

    them to undergo life imprisonment for the offence punishable

    under Section 302 of IPC and to pay fine of Rs.250/- each, in

    default to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of seven days

    each. Further A1 and A2 were sentenced to undergo rigorous

    imprisonment for a period of six months each for the offence

    punishable under Section 379 of IPC and both the sentences shall

    run concurrently.

    11. Learned counsel for the appellant No.1 – A1 submits that the

    learned Sessions Judge erred in convicting the appellant under

    Sections 302 and 379 of IPC, ought to have seen that order of

    remand was passed only in Crl.A.No.737 of 2012, should have seen

    that Criminal Appeal No.742 of 2012 was dismissed for non

    prosecution on 23.04.2024 which is illegal, contrary to law as in a

    Criminal Appeal the Courts cannot dismiss their appeal for non

    prosecution and they would have engaged an advocate from legal

    services authority as state brief or appoint any other advocate as

    amicus curiae. The learned Sessions Judge did not refer to the

    offence under Section 411 of IPC which was awarded in

    S.C.NO.182 of 2012 on 16.07.2012, entire process is illegal and

    against the principles of natural justice. The learned Judge failed

    to see that PW7 is a punch witness for recovery who is a stock

    witness and he acted as witness in 5 or 6 cases and erred in
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    holding that burden is on the accused to account for the

    possession of MO1 and MO2. Learned counsel further submits that

    accused No.2 – Syed Ayub has filed a separate appeal vide

    Criminal Appeal No.300 of 2025, which was heard by a Coordinate

    Bench of this Court whereunder A2 was set at liberty vide

    judgment dated 25.04.2025 and the same parity should be

    extended to the appellant No.1 – A1 and filed copy of the judgment

    to support his contention.

    12. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that the case

    of appellant No.1 – Patel Srinivas is not the same with that of A2-

    Syed Ayub, the learned Sessions Judge has discussed the matter

    in detail and rightly convicted A1 – Patel Srinivas. Parity cannot be

    given to the appellant No.1 – A1 and conviction imposed by the

    learned Sessions Judge is liable to be upheld and the appellant

    No.1 – Patel Srinivas has not made out any case to interfere with

    the impugned judgment and prayed to dismiss the appeal.

    13. Now the points for consideration are :

    (i) Whether the learned Principal District and Sessions

    Judge has taken fresh evidence after the remand in

    Crl.A.No.737 of 2012 dated 28.06.2024 by the High

    Court in respect of the offence under Sections 302 and

    379 of IPC, if the answer is in affirmative?

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    (ii) Whether the appellant No.1 – A1 is entitled for parity

    in view of the disposal of Criminal Appeal No.300 of

    2025 of A2 – Syed Ayub vide judgment dated

    25.04.2025?

    (iii) Whether the judgment of the learned Sessions Judge

    in SC.No.182 of 2012 dated 28.01.2025 suffers from

    any perversity or illegality, if so, does it require

    interference of this Court.

    POINT NOs.1 to 3:

    14. On reading of the judgment of the learned Trial Court there

    is no reference in the judgment that after remand of S.C.No.182 of

    2012 in Criminal Appeal No.737 of 2012 vide judgment dated

    28.06.2024 by A2 – Syed Ayub, no fresh evidence is taken by

    learned Trial Court. It is observed in the judgment in Paragraph

    NO.10 that ‘notices were issued to the accused, they appeared and

    thereafter arguments were submitted on behalf of the prosecution

    and the accused’.

    15. Learned Sessions Judge has framed the point for

    consideration as ‘whether the prosecution could able to prove the

    charge against A1 and A2 for the offences under Sections 302 and

    379 of IPC beyond reasonable doubt?’.

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    16. Learned Sessions Judge has extracted the evidence of PW1

    to PW9, came to a conclusion that deceased Manoharchary was

    with accused Nos.1 and 2 at about 12.00 p.m., and death has

    taken place at 04.00 p.m., and the time gap is so small and

    possibility of any other person other than accused being a part of

    the crime become impossible and the motive for accused Nos.1 and

    2 to commit the offence of murder is to take away Pusthela Thadu

    from the possession of the deceased Manoharchary, this supports

    with the evidence of PW1 and thereby found guilty for the offence

    under Sections 302 and 379 of IPC and sentenced them to undergo

    life imprisonment and to pay fine of Rs.250/- each in default to

    undergo simple imprisonment for a period of seven days each for

    the offence under Section 302 of IPC and rigorous imprisonment

    for six months for the offence under Section 379 of IPC.

    17. After remand of Criminal Appeal No.737 of 2012 to the

    learned Sessions Judge, the Sessions Judge ought to have taken

    fresh evidence of the prosecution witness to attract Sections 302

    and 379 of IPC. As stated supra A1 and A2 were acquitted for the

    offence under Sections 302 and 379 of IPC vide judgment dated

    16.07.2012 but however they were convicted for the offence under

    Section 411 of IPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous

    imprisonment for a period of three years. When the learned

    Sessions Judge has acquitted A1 and A2 for the offence under
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    Sections 302 and 379 of IPC on 16.07.2012, after remand of the

    Sessions Case, ought to have taken fresh evidence to prove the

    charge under Sections 302 and 379 of IPC but the learned

    Sessions Judge after issuing notice to the accused Nos.1 and 2, on

    their appearance has heard the arguments of the prosecution and

    the accused and delivered the judgment on 28.01.2026 on the very

    same evidence which is already on record and convicted A1 and A2

    under Sections 302 and 379 of IPC in spite of direction of this

    Court to reconsider the matter afresh on remand.

    18. It is apt to note here that Crl.A.No.300 of 2025 filed by A2-

    Syed Ayub was allowed vide judgment dated 25.04.2025 and A2-

    Syed Ayub was set at liberty forthwith. One of us (Hon’ble Justice

    B.R.Madhusudhan Rao) is a party to the judgment. We have

    observed in paragraph Nos.12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 25, 28, 29

    and 37, which are produced as under:

    12. The judgment dated 28.06.2024 passed by the learned
    Single Judge in Criminal Appeal No. 737 of 2012 warrants
    interference despite the fact that the said judgment is not the subject
    matter of the present Appeal. The judgment dated 28.06.2024 raises
    questions which are worthy of adjudication.

    13. The Appeal before the learned Single Judge related only to
    the conviction of the appellant/A.2 for the offence under section 411
    of the I.P.C. The earlier judgment of the Trial Court dated 16.07.2012
    (which was challenged by the appellant before the learned Single
    Judge) records that the appellant/A.2 was acquitted of the offences
    under sections 302 and 379 of the I.P.C. but was convicted for the
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    offence under section 411 of the I.P.C and was sentenced to rigorous
    imprisonment for 3 years. The learned Single Judge framed an issue
    as to whether the impugned judgment convicting the appellant for
    dishonestly receiving stolen property was liable to be set aside. The
    learned Single Judge proceeded to engage in an elaborate discussion
    of the facts before the Trial Court and directed the Trial Court to
    reconsider the matter afresh with regard to the appellant’s acquittal
    of the offences under sections 302 and 379 of the I.P.C. The Trial
    Court was however advised to remain uninfluenced by the Court’s
    observations notwithstanding the detailed discussion in the
    judgment given by the learned Single Judge on the issue of acquittal
    of the offences under sections 302 and 379 of the I.P.C.

    14. The last paragraph of the judgment dated 28.06.2024 is set
    out below:

    “39. Accordingly, this Criminal Appeal is disposed of directing the
    learned trial Court to reconsider the matter afresh with regard to
    offences under Sections 302 and 379 of IPC, independently, by duly
    putting both accused on notice, in accordance with law, within three
    months from the date of receipt of copy of this Judgment. It is made
    clear that the learned trial Court shall not be influenced in any
    manner by the observations made in this Judgment.”

    15. It is of crucial importance that the learned Single Judge
    remanded the matter to the Trial Court without setting aside the
    judgment dated 16.07.2012. Therefore, the appellant’s conviction
    and sentence, as imposed in the judgment dated 16.07.2012,
    remained in force as of 28.06.2024 (the date of the judgment of the
    learned Single Judge) and continued to remain in force till the
    impugned judgment dated 28.01.2025, which forms the subject
    matter of the present Appeal. The fact that the judgment dated
    16.07.2012, which was the subject matter of Criminal Appeal No.
    737 of 2012, was not set aside and the matter was simply remanded
    to the Trial Court for reconsideration is germane for the purposes of
    section 300(1) of the Cr. P.C. and section 337(1) of the BNSS.

    The Statutory Implications of the Judgment dated 28.06.2024:
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    16. Although the relevant provisions have already been
    extracted above, the statutory import thereof is reiterated for
    convenience. Both sections 300(1) of the Cr.P.C. and 337(1) of the
    BNSS prohibit a person from being tried twice for an offence where
    the person has either been convicted or acquitted, while such
    conviction/acquittal remains in force. (Underlined for emphasis).

    21. It is also significant that the re-trial directed by the learned
    Single Judge was not related to the conviction of the appellant under
    section 411 of the IPC but was against the acquittal of the accused
    under sections 302 and 379 of the IPC. Moreover, section 401(2) of
    the Cr. P.C. mandates that no order under section 401 shall be made
    to the prejudice of the accused unless the accused was given an
    opportunity of being heard, either personally or through a pleader, in
    his/her defence. Section 401(3) contains an embargo on the High
    Court to convert a finding of acquittal into one of conviction.

    22. Even though the learned Single Judge directed the Trial
    Court to reconsider the matter with regard to the offences under
    sections 302 and 379 of the IPC, the judgment is replete with
    observations and findings against the appellant for having wrongly
    been acquitted of the charges under sections 302 and 379 of the IPC.

    These findings and observations impinge on the protection granted
    under section 401(3) of the Cr. P.C. to a person who has already
    been acquitted by the Trial Court, safeguarding him/her from being
    convicted of the same offence by the High Court.

    25. The maxim “nemo debet bis vexari pro eadem causa” (no
    person should be vexed twice for the same offence) embodies the
    Rule of common law that no one should be put to peril twice for the
    same offence. The position of law, as enunciated by the Courts, is as
    under:

    (i) There must be a previous proceeding before a Court of law or
    a judicial tribunal of competent jurisdiction in which the
    person must have been prosecuted;

    (ii) The conviction/acquittal in the previous proceeding must be
    in force at the time of the second proceeding in relation to the
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    same offence and the same set of facts for which the person
    was prosecuted and punished in the first proceeding;

    (iii) The subsequent proceeding must be a fresh proceeding where
    the person is sought to be prosecuted and punished for the
    same offence and on the same set of facts for the second time:

    T.P. Gopalakrishnan v. State of Kerala -[(2022) 14 SCC 323].

    28. First, there was no challenge by the State to the judgment
    passed by the Trial Court on 16.07.2012 acquitting the appellant of
    the offences under sections 302 and 379 of the IPC. Second, the
    Appeal before the learned Single Judge (Crl.A.No.737 of 2012) was
    confined to the appellant’s conviction under section 411 of the IPC.
    Third, there is no reference to the fate of the conviction under section
    411
    of the IPC in the order passed by the learned Single Judge on
    28.06.2024. In fact, the concluding part of the judgment dated
    28.06.2024 simply directs the Trial Court to hear the matter afresh
    with regard to the acquittal of the appellant in relation to the
    offences under sections 302 and 379 of the IPC.

    29. The absence of any reference to the appellant’s conviction
    under section 411 of the IPC creates ambiguity and leaves room for
    inference as to the effect of the conviction. We may add that the
    order passed by the learned Single Judge amounts to a partial
    remand leaving the aforesaid questions unanswered.

    37. We are hence persuaded to hold that the impugned
    judgment, being in violation of the constitutional guarantee
    enshrined in Article 20(2) of the Constitution, should be set aside.

    The appellant being re-tried upon a fresh hearing of the matter goes
    against all principles of law, justice and equity.

    19. The Supreme Court in Javed Shaukat Ali Qureshi versus

    State of Gujarat 1 has dealt with the principles of parity in

    paragraph Nos.14, 15, 17, 18, 19, which are reproduced as under:

    1

    2023 INSC 289
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    14. Assuming that PW−25 and PW−26 identified accused Nos.2, 3
    and 4 by stating that they were members of the mob; once a
    Coordinate Bench of this Court discards their testimony in its
    entirety being unreliable, the benefit of the said finding will have to
    be extended to the accused Nos.2, 3 and 4 as they are similarly
    placed with accused Nos.1, 5 and 13. Moreover, except for PW−25
    and PW−26, no other witnesses have ascribed any role to the
    accused Nos.2, 3 and 4.

    15. When there is similar or identical evidence of eyewitnesses
    against two accused by ascribing them the same or similar role, the
    Court cannot convict one accused and acquit the other. In such a
    case, the cases of both the accused will be governed by the principle
    of parity. This principle means that the Criminal Court should decide
    like cases alike, and in such cases, the Court cannot make a
    distinction between the two accused, which will amount to
    discrimination.

    17. Accused Nos.1, 5 and 13 were convicted only on the basis of
    the testimony of PW−25 and PW−26. They were acquitted by holding
    that the testimony of both witnesses was unreliable and deserved to
    be discarded. If the same relief is not extended to accused Nos. 3 and
    4 by reason of parity, it will amount to violation of fundamental
    rights guaranteed to accused Nos.3 and 4 by Article 21 of the
    Constitution of India. Therefore, we have no manner of doubt that
    the benefit which is granted to accused Nos.1, 5 and 13 deserves to
    be extended to accused Nos.3 and 4, who did not challenge the
    judgment of the High Court. In this case, the suo motu exercise of
    powers under Article 136 is warranted as it is a question of the
    liberty of the said two accused guaranteed by Article 21 of the
    Constitution.

    18. Now, we come to the case of accused no.2. By the order dated
    11th May 2018, a special leave petition filed by accused no.2 was
    summarily dismissed without recording any reasons. The law is
    well−settled. An order refusing special leave to appeal by a
    non−speaking order does not attract the doctrine of merger. At this
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    stage, we may refer to a three− judge Bench decision of this Court in
    the case of Harbans Singh v. State of U.P. & Ors. – [(1982) 2 SCC
    101]. In paragraph 18, this Court held thus:

    “18.To my mind, it will be a sheer travesty of justice and the
    course of justice will be perverted, if for the very same offence,
    the petitioner has to swing and pay the extreme penalty of
    death whereas the death sentence imposed on his co−accused
    for the very same offence is commuted to one of life
    imprisonment and the life of the co−accused is shared (sic
    spared). The case of the petitioner Harbans Singh appears,
    indeed, to be unfortunate, as neither in his special leave
    petition and the review petition in this Court nor in his mercy
    petition to the President of India, this all important and
    significant fact that the life sentence imposed on his co−
    accused in respect of the very same offence has been
    commuted to one of life imprisonment has been mentioned.
    Had this fact been brought to the notice of this Court at the
    time when the Court dealt with the special leave petition of the
    petitioner or even his review petition, I have no doubt in my
    mind that this Court would have commuted his death sentence
    to one of life imprisonment. For the same offence and for the
    same kind of involvement, responsibility and complicity, capital
    punishment on one and life imprisonment on the other would
    never have been just. I also feel that had the petitioner in his
    mercy petition to the President of India made any mention of
    this fact of commutation of death sentence to one of life
    imprisonment on his co− accused in respect of the very same
    offence, the President might have been inclined to take a
    different view on his petition.” (emphasis added)

    19. We have found that the case of accused No. 2 stands on the
    same footing as accused Nos.1, 5 and 13 acquitted by this Court.
    The accused No.2 must get the benefit of parity. The principles laid
    down in
    the case of Harbans Singh Vs. State of U.P. and Others
    [(1982) 2 SCC 101] will apply. If we fail to grant relief to accused No.
    2, the rights guaranteed to accused No.2 under Article 21 of the
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    Constitution of India will be violated. It will amount to doing manifest
    injustice. In fact, as a Constitutional Court entrusted with the duty
    of upholding fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution,
    it is our duty and obligation to extend the same relief to accused
    No.2. Therefore, we will have to recall the order passed in the special
    leave petition filed by accused No.2.

    20. In view of the principles laid down by the Supreme Court in

    the above said judgment, now we have to see whether the appellant

    No.1 – A1 is entitled for parity in view of the judgment passed by

    this Court in Criminal Appeal No.300 of 2025, dated 25.04.2025.

    21. The learned Sessions Judge has not discussed in the

    judgment dated 28.01.2025 with regard to the findings given

    against A1 and A2 while acquitting them for the offence under

    Sections 302 and 379 of IPC vide Judgment dated 16.07.2012. The

    learned Sessions Judge simply passed judgment on the same set of

    evidence, went ahead and convicted the appellant No.1 – A1 for the

    offence under Sections 302 and 379 of IPC. The learned Sessions

    Judge has not assigned any reasons what made the Court to

    reassess the evidence of the prosecution witness once again after

    the remand of S.C.No.182 of 2012 by the High Court vide

    Crl.A.No.737 of 2012. The Sessions Judge ought to have taken

    fresh evidence as it has already arrived at a conclusion that no

    case is made out by the prosecution for the offence under Sections

    302 and 379 of IPC. There is procedural irregularity committed by
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    the learned Sessions Judge in the judgment dated 28.01.2025 and

    we are of the view that the appellant No.1 – A1 is entitled for the

    same parity with that of A2 – Syed Ayub as per the judgment of

    this Court in Crl.A.No.300 of 2025 dated 25.04.2025. The

    judgment of the Supreme Court in Javed Shaukat Ali Qureshi1 is

    aptly applicable to the case on hand. Hence point Nos.1 to 3 are

    answered accordingly.

    22. Criminal Appeal No.278 of 2025 is allowed and the judgment

    passed by the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge,

    Sangareddy in S.C.No.182 of 2012, dated 28.01.2025 is set aside.

    Appellant No.1 – Patel Srinivas is set at liberty forthwith. The fine

    amount shall be refund within seven days from the date of

    judgment.

    Pending miscellaneous petitions if any shall stand closed.

    ___________________
    K. LAKSHMAN, J

    ______________________________
    B.R.MADHUSUDHAN RAO, J
    07.07.2026
    Dua



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