R.Gopal Reddy v. The State Of Telangana

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY CRIMINAL PETITION No. 10692 OF 2018 ORDER:

This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short, "Cr.P.C.") to quash the proceedings in FIR No. 84 of 2018 of Srirampur P.S., Mancherial District.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners, after arguing for sometime, requested this Court to direct the concerned to follow the procedure contemplated under Section 41-A Cr.P.C., and the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar and another1 and the guidelines formulated by the Apex Court in Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan Vs. State of Maharashtra 2.

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Acceding to the request of learned counsel for the petitioners, without touching the merits of the case, I find that it is a fit case to issue direction to the police to follow the procedure contemplated under Section 41-A Cr.P.C., and the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar and another and the guidelines formulated by the Apex Court in Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan Vs. State of Maharashtra.. Accordingly, the police concerned are directed to adhere to the guidelines issued in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar and another and Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan (referred supra). 1 2014(8) SCALE 250 2 2018 LS (SC) 233

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With the above direction, the criminal petition is disposed of. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, in this criminal petition shall stand closed in consequence.

_____________________________ Date: 08-10-2018.

M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, J.

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HON'BLE SRI JUSTI CE M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY Crl.P.No.10692 of 2018 Dt. 08-10-2018 eha