Madras High CourtCONT P/681/2015closed

K.M.Vidyasagar v. Santhiya

2015-03-26Honourable Ms. Justice K.B.K. Vasuki3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

Dated : 26.03.2015

CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE K.B.K.VASUKI Contempt Petition No.681 of 2015 K.M.Vidhya Sagar ..petitioner Vs Santhiya The Inspector of Police, Central Crime Branch-II, Anti Land Grabbing Special Cell-II, Vepery, Chennai-600 007.

.. Respondent Contempt Petition is filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act is filed to issue notice to the contemnor and punish her for having willfully disobeyed the order passed by this Court in Crl.OP.No.24415 of 2015 dated 09.09.2014.

For petitioner : M/s.J.Bharathi Raja For Respondent : M/s.M.Mohammed Riyaz, GA (crl.side).

ORDER

The learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondent police along with the learned Government Advocate (Crl.side) are present.

2.The Contempt petition is filed stating that the order dated 09.09.2014 made in Crl.OP.No.24415 of 2014

thereby directing the respondent police to treat the complaint dated 30.07.2014 as Section 161 statement of the complainant in Crime No.128 of 2014 and to proceed further in accordance with law is not complied with.

3.Whereas, the learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) representing the respondent police now brought it to the notice of this Court that the order of this Court dated 09.09.2014 has been complied with by treating the complaint dated 13.07.2014 as Section 161 Cr.P.C. statement on 03.10.2014 and the investigation is in progress. The learned Government Advocate (Crl. side) also produced the original CD file for perusal of this Court. In that event, this Court is of the view that no act of contempt arises herein.

4.The learned counsel for the petitioner would at this juncture submit that time limit for completing the investigation may be specified by this Court. However, the learned Government Advocate (Crl. side) would express difficulty in doing so because other counter cases and anticipatory bail petition by the petitioner in the connected matters are pending.

5.In view of the same, this Court is inclined to close this contempt petition, by recording the presence of the respondent police and the statement so made by the learned Government Advocate (Crl. side) and by directing the

respondent police to proceed further with the investigation and to complete the same without any unnecessary delay. 6.With the above direction, the contempt petition is closed.

tsh SD/ DEPUTY REGISTRAR(CLAA) //Certified to be true copy// Dated at Madras this the day of 2015. COURT OFFICER(O.S.) From 25th Day of September 2008 the Registry is issuing certified copies of the Orders/Judgments/Decrees in this format.

SS/CO/07/05/2015 One CC to Mr.J.Bharathi Raja, Advocate, SR.4454 To 1.Santhiya The Inspector of Police, Central Crime Branch-II, Anti Land Grabbing Special Cell-II, Vepery, Chennai-600 007.

2.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.