Batthena Madhusudhana Reddy v. State Of A.P

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY Crl.P.No.284 of 2018

ORDER

This petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., to quash the proceedings in Crime No.338 of 2017 of Nellore IV Town Police Station, Sri Potti Sri Ramulu, Nellore District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 420 read with Section 34 IPC, against the petitioners/A1 and A2, on various grounds. 2.

Learned counsel for petitioners, 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 petitioners, 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 5th January, 2018 sj 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273