Prasanna Kasini v. State of Telangana 2026 INSC 30 - CrPC - Transfer
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Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Transfer - Cannot lightly find a bias on the Judge merely because the relative of a party is a Head Constable working in a Police Station coming within the jurisdiction of the Court and/or another relative is working in the District Court itself. (Para 8)
Summary
The Supreme Court set aside the High Court’s ex parte transfer order, holding alleged bias due to relatives in local police/court staff to be inconsequential, and directed restoration/return of C.C. No.136 of 2023 to the Additional Judicial Magistrate First Class, Sangareddy, with appearance on 16.02.2026. The Court clarified that observations are confined to the transfer issue and not merits.
Case Info
- Case name: Prasanna Kasini v. State of Telangana & Anr.
- Neutral citation: 2026 INSC 30
- Coram: Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J.; K. Vinod Chandran, J.
- Judgment date: January 06, 2026
- Caselaws and citations: Annexure references only; no reported precedents cited in the judgment text. The order references prior case-stage documents as Annexures P-1 (Family Court divorce order dated 13.02.2013), Annexure P-2 (Section 482 CrPC quash order dated 19.02.2013), Annexure P-3 (legal notice dated 16.08.2022), and Annexure P-7 (High Court order condoning 2709 days delay in appeal).
- Statutes/laws referred:
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 482 (in context of earlier quash proceedings noted as Annexure P-2)
- Transfer of criminal case principles (inherent powers/administrative transfer; bias standards discussed generally, without specific section citation)
- Procedural directions on appearance, including video conferencing and protection applications before Magistrate
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