Pinnamshetty Sridhar v. The State Of A.P. Rep., By Its Pp And M.Ashok

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE U.DURGA PRASAD RAO Criminal Petition No.11824 of 2011 ORDER:

In this petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C, the petitioner/ Accused No.1 seeks to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.106 of 2011 of Korutla PS, Karimnagar District, registered for the offences under Sections 497, 452, 506(ii) IPC and Section 156(3) Cr.P.C.

2) Investigation is reported to be pending.

3) When the matter came up for hearing, learned counsel for petitioner without insisting for quashment, would request that the protection as envisaged under Section 41-A Cr.P.C may be extended to the petitioner and he is ready to cooperate with the investigating agency for smooth completion of investigation.

4) In view of the said submission of learned counsel for petitioner, the Investigating Officer is directed to scrupulously follow the guidelines rendered by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the decision reported in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar1 and also the procedure contemplated under Section 41-A Cr.P.C during the course of investigation towards the petitioner/A.1 and complete the investigation expeditiously. The petitioner shall cooperate with the investigating agency for smooth completion of investigation.

1 AIR 2014 SC 2756

5) Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is disposed of. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

_________________________ U. DURGA PRASAD RAO, J Date: 25.07.2018 Note: Issue CC by tomorrow.

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