Kommareddy Suvarna Durga Prasad v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10780 OF 2018 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short 'Code') is filed by the petitioners - accused Nos.1 and 4 viz., Kommareddy Suvarna Durga Prasad, Dasari Jaya Srinivas, Dasari Likhitha and Kommareddy Kavitha respectively, to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.164 of 2018, dated 26.07.2018 on the file of Veeravalli Police Station, Krishna District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 406, 327, 386 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners after arguing for sometime, requested this Court to direct the police to follow the procedure inlaid in Section 41-A of the Code and guidelines formulated by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar1.

3. Acceding to the request of the learned counsel for the petitioners and without touching the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to direct the police to follow the procedure inlaid in Section 41-A of the Code and the guidelines prescribed in Arnesh Kumar1. It is needless to mention that the Hon'ble Supreme Court made it clear that violation of guidelines prescribed in Arnesh Kumar1 amounts to Contempt of Court action. Therefore, the Investigating 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273

MSM,J Crl.P No.10772 of 2018 Agency is bound to adhere to the guidelines formulated by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar1.

4. With the above directions, the present Criminal Petition is disposed of, at the stage of admission itself. Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in the present Criminal Petition, stand closed.

_________________________________ M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, J October 10, 2018 Mgr