Bobbala Mohan Reddy v. The State Of Telangana.,Rep.,Pp

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.4719 OF 2016 ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner - A2 under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.3 of 2016 on the file of I-Town Police Station, Karimnagar, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 120(b), 420, 406 and 506 IPC and 27 of the Indian Arms Act.

Heard and perused the material available on record. The case of the prosecution is that the 2nd respondent intended to purchase the land for construction of work and one Mr.Jalandhar Reddy approached her to sell his land for Rs.32,00,000/- and she paid Rs.30,00,000/- and she has to pay only Rs.2,00,000/-, and suddenly she went to Bangalore and Tirupathi. By the time she came back, the said Jalandhar Reddy registered the said land in his brother's name and on enquiry, the complainant came to know that the said Jalandhar Reddy is a benami of the petitioner and when asked to repay the money, the petitioner locked the complainant's house and threatened to kill her.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner was arrested on 01.11.2015 in another case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 306 IPC and 3, 5 (a) & (b) of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Money Lenders Act, on the file the same police station and thereafter, the investigating agency filed PT warrants for production of the petitioner before the Court concerned in 43 cases, and he was remanded to judicial custody and he was granted bail in all the 43 cases and was released on 14.03.2016 since the police failed to file charge sheet within the statutory period. Further, the present crime is also pending on the same police station where the other cases are pending and the cases are arising out of the same transaction in the same district and even after knowing the pendency of the present crime, the police have not produced him on PT warrant before the Court concerned for remand and now the police are trying to arrest him.

In view of the above submissions, the police concerned are directed to complete the investigation and file a final report, if any, without arresting the petitioner. In the event of necessity, the police

concerned are directed to issue notice to the petitioner for his appearance before the investigating agency for the purpose of investigation. On issuance of such notice, the petitioner shall appear before the investigating agency and give an undertaking as to his future appearance as and when required by the investigating agency for the purpose of investigation.

With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Consequently, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

______________ RAJA ELANGO, J April 04, 2016.

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