Ravikumar, Male/Aged 50 Years v. State Represented By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 27.01.2021

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH Crl.O.P No.1657 of 2018 and Crl.MP.No.620 of 2018 Ravikumar ... Petitioner/Accused 1 vs.

1. The Deputy superintendent of Police, Vellore District.

2. The Inspector of Police, Vellore Taluk police Station, Vellore District.

Crime No.363 of 2017

3. Parthiban ... Respondents/Complainant PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the records in connection with Crime No.363 of 2017, on the file of the respondent first respondent and quash the same. For Petitioner : Mr.M.Gnanasekar For R1 : Mr.C.Raghavan, R1 Govt. Advocate (Crl. Side) For R3 : Mr. G. Prabhu

ORDER

This petition has been filed to call for the records in Crime No.363 of 2017 on the file of the first respondent Police and quash the same.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of respondents 1 and 2.

3.The contentions put forward by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner 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 eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS VI) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar rli To

1. The Deputy superintendent of Police, Vellore District.

2. The Inspector of Police, Vellore Taluk police Station, Vellore District.

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

GSM(CO) SM/24/02/2021 Crl.O.P No.1657 of 2018 and Crl.MP.No.620 of 2018 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/