# Telangana Resident vs The State of Telangana

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 August 2026 in W.P. No. 26326 of 2026, the High Court for the State of Telangana (Coram: Tangirala Madhavi Devi, J.) adjudicated the matter concerning the Investigating officer, Falaknuma Police Station.

- Register number: TG 00 CW 0003
- Case reference: W.P. No. 26326 of 2026
- Court and date: High Court for the State of Telangana (Coram: Tangirala Madhavi Devi, J.), 7 August 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Investigating officer, Falaknuma Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 94 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
- Finding of the Court (extract): “there is no basis for the issuance of the notice under Section 94 of BNSS to X (Twitter).” (at para para 4)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding.
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/75788034/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0093)

**Record:** CW-2026-0093 (compiler id CWC-1379); case cop-tg-hc-0
**Title:** Telangana Resident vs The State of Telangana
**Court:** High Court for the State of Telangana; judges: Tangirala Madhavi Devi
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 26326 of 2026
**Judgment:** 2026-08-07 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Telangana; police station or unit: Falaknuma Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Adverse finding (adverse_finding)
**Sections:** Section 94 of BNSS
**Officers (gated display forms):** Investigating officer, Falaknuma Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Telangana resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The High Court examined a Section 94 BNSS notice sent to X seeking the petitioner's user details in Crime No. 404 of 2026. The High Court held that the FIR contained no reference to the petitioner in any way. The High Court held that there was no basis for issuing the notice against the petitioner. The High Court set aside the notice so far as it treated the petitioner as involved and restrained coercive steps without due process.

> there is no basis for the issuance of the notice under Section 94 of BNSS to X (Twitter).

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/75788034/); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/user-not-named-in-fir-cited-by-police-telangana-hc-quashes-police-notice-seeking-x-account-details)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** false_implication_fabrication
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', 'primary': True, 'position': 'Material fact supported', 'position_explainer': 'Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** para 4
**display title redacted:** Telangana Resident vs The State of Telangana
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-24', 'scope': 'Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark).'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-08-07', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'High Court for the State of Telangana', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The High Court for the State of Telangana recorded adverse findings against police personnel.', 'disposition': 'adverse finding compensation', 'source': 'W.P. No. 26326 of 2026', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/75788034/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/user-not-named-in-fir-cited-by-police-telangana-hc-quashes-police-notice-seeking-x-account-details', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** false implication fabrication
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** Verified against the cited judgment.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding.

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