High Court for State of TelanganaCRLP/9540/2017disposed of no costs

Nimmanapalli Venkateswara Reddy v. The State Of Telangana

2017-10-12B.Siva Sankara Rao2 pages

HONOURABLE Dr. JUSTICE B.SIVA SANKARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9540 OF 2017 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C by the petitioner/ accused, seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.509 of 2017 on the file of Gachibowli Police Station, Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 354(a), 354D and 509 I.P.C, which is an outcome of the report of respondent No.2 dated 25.09.2017.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Public Prosecutor appearing for the State, before ordering notice to respondent No.2/ de facto complainant and perused the grounds urged in the Criminal Petition and the contents of report, from which the crime is registered.

On perusal of the F.I.R., there is nothing to interdict the investigation.

Having regard to the above, the Criminal Petition is disposed of, directing the police to proceed with the investigation and in the event of any necessity of arrest of the petitioner, they have to follow Section 41-A Cr.P.C. and the guidelines of the Apex Court as laid down in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar1, strictly. All the defences are left open.

Miscellaneous petitions pending if any, shall stand closed. _________________________ Dr. B. SIVA SANKARA RAO, J Date:12-10-2017 Note:

Issue C.C. tomorrow.

B/ o.

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