Venkatraman v. Muthukumar

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 16.07.2024

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI in Crl.OP(MD) No.17017 of 2023 Venkatramanan ... Petitioner Vs Mr.Muthukumar, Inspector of Police, Vadipatti Police Station, Madurai District.

...Contemnor/Respondent PRAYER: Contempt Petition filed under Section 10 of the Contempt of Courts Act, praying this Court to punish the contemnor/respondent under the provisions of Contempt of Courts Act 1971 for willful and deliberate disobedience of the order passed by this Court in Crl.OP(MD) No.17017 of 2023, dated 25.09.2023. For Petitioner :Mr.J.Parekh Kumar For Respondent :Mr.T.Senthil Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

This contempt petition is filed that the order of this Court in Crl.OP(MD) No.17017 of 2023, dated 25.09.2023 has not been complied with.

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2.Today(16.07.2024), when this contempt petition is taken up for hearing, The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent submits that after completion of investigation, the final report has been filed before the Judicial Magistrate Court, Vadipatti on 25.10.2023. According to the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, the case was closed as ''mistake of fact'' and the RCS Notice in RCS No.128 of 2024 was also served on the petitioner on 09.07.2024. RCS Notice along with the petitioner's endorsement is also placed before this Court. 3.Recording the submission made by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, this contempt petition is closed with liberty to the petitioner to work out his remedy, by filing a protest petition before the concerned Magistrate Court, if he is aggrieved within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

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To Mr.Muthukumar, Inspector of Police, Vadipatti Police Station, Madurai District.

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B.PUGALENDHI, J.

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