M/S.Lotus Carbon v. The Superintendent Of Police

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 11.01.2021 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MRS .JUSTICE R.HEMALATHA M/s.Lotus Carbon rep., by its Managing Partner, V.Dhamotharan ... Petitioner Vs 1.The Superintendent of Police, Dindigul District, Dindigul.

2.The Inspector of Police, Vadamadurai Police Station, Dindigul District.

3.Karthikeyan 4.Rajkumar 5.Karthick 6.Veluchamy 7.Parasuraman 8.Sathya ... Respondents Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C, to direct the first and second respondents to provide adequate police protection to the life and limb of the petitioner and his employees on the basis of the petitioner's representation dated 31.12.2020.

For Petitioner : Mr.Issacmohanlal Senior Counsel for Mr.D.Sadiq Raja For Respondents : Mr.R.Erottuchamy Government Advocate (R1 to R2) 1/3

ORDER

The present petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 482 Cr.P.C to direct the first and second respondents to provide adequate police protection to the petitioner and his employees.

2.The contention of the petitioner is that though he has submitted a representation to the second respondent on 31.12.2020, no action has been taken by the police till date. His main contention is that the private respondents 3 to 8 along with some other persons came over to the petitioner's industry and created ruckus alleging that the petitioner is polluting the entire area. 3.Mr.R.Erottuchamy, learned Government Advocate (Crl.side) accepts notice on behalf of the respondents 1 and 2 and would submit that the petition submitted by the petitioner is pending in CSR.No.6 of 2021 for enquiry.

4.Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, the second respondent is directed to dispose of the representation submitted by the petitioner, dated 31.12.2020 within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order/uploading of the order, after affording reasonable opportunity to the respondents 3 to 8. 5.With the above directions, the Criminal Original Petition is disposed of.

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To 1.The Superintendent of Police, Dindigul District, Dindigul.

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2.The Inspector of Police, Vadamadurai Police Station, Dindigul District.

3.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

+1 CC to M/s.D.SADIQ RAJA, Advocate ( SR-750[F] dated 11/01/2021 )

ORDER

IN CRL OP(MD) No.320 of 2021 Date : 11.01.2021 PU (CO) NR (04/02/2021) 3P : 5C 3/3