Allepu Dhurgaiah v. The State Of Telangana And Another

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY THREE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER CRIMIN AL PET]TION NO:419 OF 2O20 Between:

Allepu Dhurgaiah, S/o Akkulu ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO.1 AND

1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad 2' Guniganti Ramesh' s/o Lingaia.h*=spoNDENT'/DEFAcro coMpLATNANT Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in lhe Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to Quash the FIR No.3 of 202O on the file of P.S. Sangam, Warangal Commissionerate against the petitioners/Accused No.'l l.A. NO: 1OF 2O2O Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition,the High Court may be pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings including arrest of the petitioner/Al in Crime No.3 of 2O2O on the file of Sangam P.S. Warangal Commissionerale pending disposal of the main Crl.Petition.

This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri RAJESH THEEGALA, Advocate for the Petitioner and of the Additional Public Prosecutor for the State of Telangana on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and of None Appeared for the Respondent No.2.

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l The Court made the following: ORDER :

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KS,J Crl.P.No.4l9 of 2020 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER CRIMINAL PETITIoN No.419 OF 2020.

I ORDER:

I, This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short 'Cr.P.C.) by the petitionerAccused No.1 to quash the proceedings against him in FIR No'3 of 2020 pending on the file of Sangam Police Station, Warangal Commissionerate, filed for the offences punishable under Sections 447, 2g4-B and 323 of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC) and Sections 3(1)(r)(s) and 3(2)(va) of SC and 5r (POA) Act, 2015' Z.

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner - Accused No'1 and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent - State' Perused the material on record.

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3. This Court by order dated 22.01.2020 ordered that no coercive steps shall be taken against the petitioner - A1 in the present crime.

4. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that investigation is not yet complete

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As seen from the complaint, it is alleged that the boundaries of the agricultural field of 2d respondent were removed and when questioned, he was abused in the language attracting penal consequences under SC/ST Act. Since the crime is pending investigation, this Court deems it appropriate to direct the police to conclude investigation as expeditiously as possible within a period of three months, without taking any coercive steps against the petitioner and file a final report, if any. The petitioner shall co_ operate with the investigating officer as and when required for the purpose of investigation.

Accordingly, the Criminal petiuon is disposed off. Miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. //rRUE copy// *.,.rf,$fr*fo",tiFo.F t;;#g1t;i$':t*T*#rilffiti$r#,,ffi *;,.

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HIGH COURT DATED:29/03/2023 + Sv'

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ORDER

CRLP.No.4'!9 of 2O2O CRL.P. IS DISPOSED OF.

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