Harish Kumar Poola v. The State Of A.P.

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10534 of 2018 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., is filed by the petitioners/A.1 to A.3 to call for the records relating to Crime No.1196 of 2018 of Rayachoty (U) Police Station, YSR Kadapa District, registered for the offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, and quash the same.

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After arguing the matter for a while, learned counsel for the petitioners/A.1 to A.3 requested the Court to issue a direction to the police concerned to follow the procedure under Section 41-A Cr.P.C and the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in the judgment reported in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar and another1, while investigating the above crime. 3.

Acceding to the request of learned counsel for the petitioners, the Criminal Petition is disposed of directing the Station House Officer, Rayachoty (U) Police Station, YSR Kadapa District, to follow the procedure under Section 41-A Cr.P.C and the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in the judgment referred to above, before taking any coercive steps against the petitioners. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed.

__________________________________ M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY,J OCTOBER 08, 2018 YVL 1 1 2014(8) SCALE 250

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10534 of 2018 Date:08.10.2018 YVL