Santosh , D.Santosh Kumar v. The State Of Telangana And Another

THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.1199 OF 2020 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, is filed by the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 5 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.29 of 2020 of Kulsumpura Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 324 & 506 read with 34 I.P.C.

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Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 5, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the 1st respondent-State and perused the record. 3.

Though the learned counsel for the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 5 filed the present petition for quashing the investigation in the aforesaid crime, he restricts his prayer seeking a direction to the Investigating agency to follow the procedure prescribed under Section 41-A Cr.P.C. and follow the guidelines prescribed by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar and another1.

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Under these circumstances, the Station House Officer, Kulsumpura Police Station, Hyderabad, is directed to follow the procedure laid down under Section 41-A Cr.P.C. before arresting the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 5 and strictly adhere to the 1 AIR 2014 SC 2756

guidelines formulated by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar case (supra).

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With the above direction, the Criminal Petition is disposed of.

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

______________________ JUSTICE G SRI DEVI Date: 19th February, 2020 KL