B.Muralitharan v. The State Rep By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 19.06.2023

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN and Crl.M.P.No.17633 of 2019 B. Muralitharan ... Petitioner -Vs1. The State rep. by:

The Inspector of Police Sankar Nagar Police Station, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai.

(Crime No.484 of 2019)

2. Kirubanathan ... Respondents Prayer: Criminal Original petition filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the records relating to Crime No.484 of 2019 on the file of the 1st respondent and to quash the same. For Petitioner : Mr. M. Baskar For R1 : Mr. A. Damodaran, Additional Public Prosecutor.

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ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed seeking to quash the FIR in Crime No.484 of 2019 on the file of the 1st respondent filed for the alleged offences under Sections 294(a), 323, 506(i) IPC and Section 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

2.The points raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner are factual in nature and it has to be investigated by the respondent police and therefore, this Court is not inclined to entertain this quash petition. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. Consequently, connected Criminal Miscellaneous Petition is closed. 3.Since the case is of the year 2019, the 1st respondent may conduct the investigation as expeditiously as possible and preferably complete it within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

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1.The Inspector of Police Sankar Nagar Police Station, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai.

2.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras.

SUNDER MOHAN,J.

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