Balasani Vinay Goud v. The State Of Telangana

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.12080 of 2017 ORDER:

This petition is filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code to quash the proceedings in Cr.No.286 of 2017 of Suryapet II Town Police Station, Suryapet District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, against the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners after arguing the matter 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 "Rajesh Sharma v. State of U.P.1"

Acceding to the request of the learned counsel for the petitioners, without touching the merits, I find that it is a fit case to issue direction to the police to follow the procedure laid down under Section 41-A of Cr.P.C and the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in "Rajesh Sharma v. State of U.P." (referred supra). Accordingly, police concerned are directed to adhere to the guidelines issued in "Rajesh Sharma v. State of U.P." (referred supra).

With the above direction, the criminal petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed.

__________________________________ M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY,J 07.12.2017 kvrm 1 2017 (2) ALT (Crl.) 393 (SC)