Durva Shankar v. The State Of Telangana

HON'BLE JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.3563 of 2019 O R D E R :

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the proceedings in FIR No.186 of 2019 of Asifabad Police Station, Komaram Bheem Asifabad (earlier Adilabad) District, registered against the petitioner/Accused for the offences punishable under Sections 290, 353 and 506 of IPC.

Though learned counsel for the petitioner/Accused filed the present petition for quashing of proceedings in FIR No.186 of 2019, she restricts her prayer seeking a direction to the Investigating agency to follow the procedure prescribed under Section 41-A Cr.P.C. and the guidelines prescribed by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar and another1.

Learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the directions of the Apex Court have to be followed and implemented.

In that view of the matter, the Criminal Petition is disposed of directing the police to abide by the directions of the Apex Court as set out in Arnesh Kumar's case (supra). As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

________________________ JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI 04.07.2019.

Msr 1 AIR 2014 SC 2756

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