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Madras High CourtCRL OP/17230/2023dismissed

Sureshkumar v. The Sub Inspector Of Police,

2023-08-04Honourable Mr Justice N. Anand Venkatesh4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 04.08.2023 CORAM :

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH and Crl.M.P.No.11124 of 2023 Suresh Kumar .. Petitioner

Versus

1. The Sub Inspector of Police, The City Crime Branch, Tiruppur City.

[Crime No.16 of 2019]

2. M.Murugan .. Respondents Prayer : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the records and quash the F.I.R registered in Crime No.16 of 2019 against the petitioners pending on the file of the first respondent Police.

For Petitioner : Mr.Suresh Kumar, Party-in-person For Respondents : Mr.A.Damodaran, Additional Public Prosecutor, for R1 1/4

ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to call for the records and quash the FIR registered in Crime No.16 of 2019 against the petitioner pending on the file of the first respondent Police.

2. Heard the petitioner, who has appeared as party-in-person and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the first respondent and also perused the materials available on record.

3. The contentions put forward by the petitioner are purely factual in nature and this Court cannot venture into conducting a mini 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.

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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 a copy of this order. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

04.08.2023 Index : yes/no Speaking order/Non-speaking order : yes/no grs To

1. The Sub Inspector of Police, The City Crime Branch, Tiruppur City.

2. The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras.

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N.ANAND VENKATESH, J.

grs and Crl.M.P.No.11124 of 2023 04.08.2023 4/4