Regulapati Ravichander Rao v. The State Of Telengana And Another

HONOURABLE JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI CRIMINAL PETITION No.8324 of 2019 ORDER:

1.

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to quash Crime No.439 of 2019 on the file of Vemulawada Town Police Station, Rajanna-Siricilla District, registered against the petitioner for the offence punishable under Section 3(1)(r)(s) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 2015. 2.

Though the learned counsel for the petitioner filed the present petition for quashing of investigation in the above Crime, he restricts his 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 Hon'ble Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar and another1.

3.

Learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that the directions of the Apex Court have to be followed and implemented. 4.

In that view of the matter, the Criminal Petition is disposed of directing the respondent police to abide by the directions of the Apex Court as set out in Arnesh Kumar case (supra). No coercive steps shall be taken against the petitioner till the filing of the final report. 5.

As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed.

_________________ JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI 19th December, 2019 dr 1 AIR 2014 SC 2756,