Sri Rajanala Venkata Reddy v. The State Of Ap

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.12694 OF 2017 ORDER:

This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code (for short "Cr.P.C.") to quash the Crime/F.I.R.No.333 of 2017 on the file of Lalapet Police Station, Guntur Urban District. Learned counsel for the petitioner after arguing for sometime, requested this Court to direct the police to follow the procedure laid down under Section 41-A of Cr.P.C and guidelines formulated by the Apex Court in "Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar1". 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 guidelines prescribed in "Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar" (referred supra). It is needless to mention that the Supreme Court made it clear that violation of guidelines formulated in "Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar" (referred supra) amounts to Contempt of Court action. Therefore, the Investigation Agency is bound to adhere to the guidelines formulated by the Apex Court in "Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar" (referred supra).

With the above directions, the petition is disposed of. No costs. Consequently, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall also stand dismissed.

_________________________________________ JUSTICE M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY 20.12.2017 Ksp 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273