M. Venkateswar Rao v. The State Of A.P., And Another

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY Crl.P.No.139 of 2018

ORDER

This petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., to quash the proceedings in Crime No.410 of 2017 of V Town Police Station, Nellore, registered for the offence punishable under Section 3(1)(r) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, on various grounds.

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Learned counsel for petitioner, after arguing the matter for sometime, requested this Court to direct the police concerned to follow the procedure under Section 41-A Cr.P.C. 3.

Acceding to the request of the counsel for petitioner, without touching the merits of the matter, the Criminal Petition is disposed of directing the police concerned to follow the procedure under Section 41-A Cr.P.C. and the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar1.

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Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed.

______________________________ M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, J 05.01.2018 kvrm 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273