Mohammed Abdul Yasser v. The State Of Telangana

HONOURABLE Dr. JUSTICE B.SIVA SANKARA RAO CRL.M.P.NO.5733 OF 2015 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.5749 OF 2015 COMMON ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner/accused under Section 482 Cr.P.C seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.38 of 2015 on the file of XII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, where the cognizance was taken for the offences punishable under Section 66(A) IT Act2008 and Sections 506 and 509 I.P.C. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for respondents.

Pending the Criminal Petition, the de facto complainant filed Crl.MP.No.5733 of 2015 seeking permission of the Court to compound the offence in the above said C.C.

The de facto complainant and the accused are present before the Court and they identified by their respective counsel and stated that they settled the matter amicably at the intervention of the elders.

More over, the Apex Court in Shreya Singhal v. Union Of India (2015 LAW SUIT (SC) 265), particularly the conclusive para-119 where under the penal section under which the crime is registered i.e., under Section 66-A IT Act-2000 was struck down. Accordingly, Crl.M.P.No.5733 of 2015 is ordered and the Criminal Petition is allowed by quashing the proceedings in C.C.No.38 of 2015 on the file of XII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad.

Miscellaneous petitions pending if any, shall stand closed.

_________________________ Dr. B. SIVA SANKARA RAO, J Date: 22-06-2015 pab