Madras High CourtCRL OP/20725/2019disposed of

Shankar v. State Rep.By

2019-08-02Honourable Mr Justice N. Anand Venkatesh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 02.08.2019

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH Crl.OP No.20725 of 2019 Shankar

...Petitioner

vs.

1.State rep.by Inspector of Police, CCB-1, Egmore, Chennai.

2.Sivanandam

...Respondents

PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the records in Cr. No.452 of 2017, pending on the file of the 1st respondent Police and quash the same insofar as it relates to the petitioner/A-8. For Petitioner : Mr.N..Vanaraj For 1st Respondent: Mr. M.Mohamed Riyaz Addl.Public Prosecutor

ORDER

This petition has been filed seeking to quash the Cr.No.42 of 2017, registered by the respondent Police and which is pending investigation.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor.

3. The contentions put forward by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner is 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. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

5.In the result, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed and the 1st 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 the order.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CO) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar KP To 1.The Inspector of Police, CCB-1, Egmore, Chennai.

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

+1cc to Mr.N..Vanaraj, Advocate sr.66711 Crl.O.P. No.20725 of 2019 spd(co) nr 17/09/2019 nr 15/10/2019 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/