Motumarri Venkata Naga Siva Prasad v. State Of Telangana

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE B. SIVA SANKARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10187 of 2017 ORDER:

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner/accused in crime No.14 of 2012 of Cyber Crime Police Station, CID, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Section 509 IPC and Section 66-A of Information Technology Act, and also learned Public Prosecutor representing the State and before ordering notice to respondent No.2-defacto complainant and perused the FIR and other material on record.

No doubt as submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner there is no existence of Section 66-A of IT Act in the statute book from the expression of the Apex Court in Shreya Singhal Vs. Union of India1. However, so far as the offence under Section 509 IPC, there is nothing for this Court to interdict the investigation, if at all not completed, but for to direct the CID to complete the investigation and file final report within four (04) months from the date of receipt of this order. Having regard to the above and in the result, the Criminal Petition is partly allowed. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed.

_____________________________________ JUSTICE Dr. B.SIVA SANKARA RAO Date: 26.10.2017 ska 1 2015 (5) SCC 1