Krishna Reddy v. The State Of Telangana

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY CRIMINAL PETITION No.11025 OF 2018 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short 'Code') is filed by the petitioner - accused viz., Krishna Reddy, to quash the proceedings against him in Crime/FIR No.186 of 2018 on the file of Maheshwaram Police Station, Rachakonda Commissionerate, Telangana State, registered for the offence punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 27 (b) (ii) of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner 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 petitioner 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 Agency is bound to adhere to the guidelines formulated by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar1.

1 (2014) 8 SCC 273

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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 12, 2018 Mgr