Sirikonda Narayana And 3 Others v. The State Of Telangana And Another

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY Crl.P.No.9603 of 2018

ORDER

This petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., to quash the proceedings in Crime No.58 of 2018 of Sarangapur Police Station, Jagtial District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 427, 290, 323 read with 34 IPC and Sections 3(1)(r(s) and 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, against the petitioners, on various grounds. 2.

Learned counsel for petitioners, after arguing the matter for sometime, requested this Court to direct the police concerned to follow the procedure under Section 41-A Cr.P.C. 3.

Acceding to the request of the counsel for petitioner, without touching 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 v. State of Bihar1.

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

______________________________ M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, J 10.09.2018 Note: Issue c.c. today b/o kvrm 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273