Kollala Sambasiva Rao v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY Crl.P.No.11891 of 2017

ORDER

This petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., to quash the proceedings in Crime No.82 of 2017 of Women Police Station, Rajamahendravaram, East Godavari District, registered for the offences punishable under Section 498-A read with Section 34 IPC and under Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, against the petitioners/A2 to A4, on various grounds.

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Learned counsel for petitioners, after arguing the matter for sometime, requested this Court to direct the police concerned to follow the procedure under Section 41-A Cr.P.C. 3.

Acceding to the request of the counsel for petitioners, without touching the merits of the matter, the Criminal Petition is disposed of directing the police concerned to follow the procedure under Section 41-A Cr.P.C. and the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar1.

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Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed.

______________________________ M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, J 4th December, 2017 sj 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273