S.Karthikeyan, (48) (A2) v. The Inspector Of Police

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 24.07.2019

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH Crl.O.P No.506 of 2015 1.S.Karthikeyan 2.A.Palanisamy 3.R.Sivakumar ..Petitioners/Accused 2 to 4 vs.

1. The State by The Inspector of Police, Land Grabbing Wing, Erode District Crime No.32 of 2014

2. Pappathi @ Manimozhi

...Respondents/Complainants

/Defacto Complainant PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, praying to call for the records pertaining to the case in Crime No.32 of 2014 on the file of the 1st respondent and quash the same. For Petitioner : Mr. I.C Vasudevan For Respondents: Mr.C.Raghavan Government Advocate (Crl.Side) for R1 Mr.S.Sithirai Anandam For R2

ORDER

This petition has been filed to quash the FIR in Crime No.32 of 2014 on the file of the 1st respondent.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the 1st respondent.

3.The contentions put forward by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners are purely factual in nature and this Court cannot venture into conducting a mini https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

investigation into the matter and it therefore does not fall within the ambit of its jurisdiction under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. Any finding on facts will also have a bearing on the investigation conducted by the respondent Police.

4. In the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the investigation conducted by the respondent Police at this stage.

5. In the result, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed and the respondent Police is directed to proceed further with the investigation in accordance with law and complete the investigation and file a final report or a closure report, as the case may be, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of copy of this order.

uma Sd/- Assistant Registrar //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar To

1. The Inspector of Police, Land Grabbing Wing, Erode District

2. The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras, Madras.

+1cc to Mr.I.C.Vasudevan, Advocate, SR.No.63589 +1cc to Mr.S.Sithirai Anandam, Advocate, SR.No.63796 Crl.O.P No.506 of 2015 Kak(16/09/2019) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/