Kaira Venkaiah v. The State Of Telangana

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY CRL.P.No.4068 OF 2018 ORDER:

This criminal petition is filed under Section 438 of Cr.P.C to enlarge the petitioner/A6 on bail in the event of his arrest in connection with Crime No.124 of 2016 of the Station House Officer, Jagtial Rural Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420 and 409 IPC. Learned counsel for the petitioners requested the Court to direct the investigating agency to issue notice under Section 41-A of Cr.P.C, following the guidelines of the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v State of Bihar1, without touching any merits of the case.

In view of the request made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, without touching the merits of the case, the investigating agency is directed to follow the guidelines of the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar's case (supra), otherwise it would amount to contempt. Therefore, no specific direction need be given as they are bound to follow the guidelines of the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar's case (supra). With the above observation, the criminal petition is disposed of. Pending miscellaneous petitions in the petition, if any, shall stand closed.

__________________________________ M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY,J 20.04.2018 kvrm 1 2014(2) ALT(Crl) 457(SC)