Rotary Club v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9980 of 2017 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., by the petitioners/accused seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.237 of 2017 of Proddatur Rural Police Station, Kadapa District, registered for the offence punishable under Section 420 IPC. 2.

After arguing the matter for some time, Sri Nandigam Krishna Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners, sought a direction to be given to the Station House Officer/Investigating Agency to follow the conditions stipulated in Section 41-A of Cr.P.C., and also the judgment of the Hon'ble Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar and another1, before taking any coercive steps against the petitioners.

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Acceding the request of learned counsel for the petitioners, the Criminal Petition is dismissed directing the Station House Officer/Investigating Agency to scrupulously follow the conditions stipulated under Section 41-A of Cr.P.C., and also the directions issued by the Apex Court in the judgment referred to above, before taking any coercive steps against the petitioners. Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________________________ M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, J NOVEMBER 01, 2017 Note:

Issue C.C. tomorrow.

(B/o) YVL 1 2014 (2) ALT (Crl.) 457 (SC)

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9980 of 2017 Date: 01.11.2017 YVL