V.Venkateshwarlu v. The State Of Telangana, And Another

THE HON'BLE JUSTICE G.SRI DEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.6307 of 2019 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., is filed by petitioner/accused seeking to quash the proceedings in Cr.No.4731 of 2019 on the file of APTS Police Station, Mahaboobnagar District, registered for the offence under Section 135(1)(b) of Electricity Act, 2003, against the petitioner/accused.

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Though the petitioner has raised several grounds to quash the aforesaid proceedings, learned counsel for the petitioner requested this Court to direct the police concerned to follow the procedure under Section 41-A Cr.P.C and the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar and another1. 3.

Acceding to the request of the learned counsel for petitioner, without going into the merits of the matter, the Criminal Petition is disposed of directing the police concerned to follow the procedure under Section 41-A Cr.P.C., and the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar's case (supra). No coercive steps shall be taken against the petitioner/accused till filing of the final report. 4.

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

____________ G.SRI DEVI, J 1st October, 2019 sj 1 AIR 2014 SC 2756,