HC orders notice to Mahesh Kakani over TV channel CEO’s plea to quash FIR

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Justice Tirumala Devi Eada of the Telangana High Court, connected Friday, ordered a announcement to artiste Dharma Satya Sai Srinivasa Mahesh Kakani successful a transgression petition filed by Telugu TV quality transmission Chief Executive Officer D.H.V.S.S.N. Murthy seeking to quash the transgression lawsuit registered against him.

The justice directed the constabulary to contented announcement to Mr. Murthy nether Section 35 (3) of Bharatiya Nyaya Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), arsenic portion of the probe into the lawsuit registered against him by the Kukatpally police.

The FIR was issued against the TV transmission CEO invoking Section 308 (3) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 72 of Information Technology Act, based connected a ailment lodged by Mr. Kakani.

The complainant levelled superior allegations of Mr. Murthy attempting to extort wealth from him taking vantage of the idiosyncratic quality the erstwhile had with his woman Chirumamilla Gowthamy. While Ms. Gowthamy was named arsenic the archetypal accused, Mr. Murthy was mentioned arsenic the 2nd successful the FIR issued connected November 4.

Before the lawsuit was registered, Mr. Kakani filed a writ petition successful the HC stating that Kukatpally constabulary declined to contented the FIR based connected his complaint. He sought a absorption to constabulary to registry a lawsuit against Mr. Murthy and Ms. Gowthamy.

Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar, aft proceeding contentions of the petitioner, respondents and the police, instructed constabulary to instrumentality enactment successful accordance with the instrumentality if the petitioner furnished grounds and different worldly to enactment his charges.

Mr. Murthy knocked the doors of the HC requesting to quash the FIR against him. He maintained that the FIR was “evidently an result of idiosyncratic rivalry and a counterblast to interior disputes successful the media and amusement industry”.

Published - November 07, 2025 08:42 p.m. IST

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