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John Prabhakar .V v. The Chief Secretary To Government

2022-11-07Honourable Mr Justice Sathi Kumar Sukumara Kurup4 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Special Original Jurisdiction Monday, the Twentieth day of November Two Thousand and Twenty Three PRESENT The Hon`ble Mr.Justice G.ILANGOVAN WP(MD). No.19567 of 2022

1. V.John Prabhakar,

2. M.Berlin Jose, ... Petitioners Vs 1 The Chief Secretary to Government, Home Department, State of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Chennai-9.

2 The Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu Police, No.1 Kamarajar Salai, Mylapore, Chennai-4.

3 The Director General of Police , Crime Branch CID, Guindy, Chennai-32.

4 The Inspector of Police, Chathrapatti Police Station, Madurai District.

... Respondents Prayer :- Writ Petition, filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this court to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the 1 and 2 to direct further / fresh / de-nova / re-investigation by some other investigation agency such as 3rd 1/4

respondent based on the petitioners application dated 25.7.2022 by disposing the same within stipulated period and pass any other order or orders as this Court. ORDER:- This Petition coming on for hearing on this day under the caption for "Extension of time"and upon perusing the earlier order dated 07.11.2022 and the requisition letter submitted by the Learned Sessions Judge,Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases under POCSO Act,Madurai vide the letter in D.No.919 dated 16.05.2023,this Court made the following order: This case has been listed today under the caption 'for extension of time' to dispose of the case in Spl.S.C.No.29 of 2021. 2.This Court already disposed of the Writ Petition by order dated 07.11.2022 and directed the trial Court to dispose of the case in Spl.S.C.No.29 of 2021 on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases under POCSO Act, Madurai, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of that order. Now the learned Sessions Judge requests further time to dispose of the said case.

3.Considering the reasons assigned by the learned Sessions Judge, this Court is inclined to grant further time and accordingly, two months time is granted for 2/4

disposing Spl.S.C.No.29 of 2021 and the learned Sessions Judge, Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases under POCSO Act, Madurai is directed to comply with the directions of this Court, without any further delay. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CO) // True Copy // /12/2023 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) TO

1. The Sessions Judge, Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases under POCSO Act, Madurai.

2. The Chief Secretary to Government, Home Department, State of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Chennai-9.

3. The Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu Police, No.1 Kamarajar Salai, Mylapore, Chennai-4.

4. The Director General of Police , Crime Branch CID, Guindy, Chennai-32.

5. The Inspector of Police, Chathrapatti Police Station, Madurai District.

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

ORDER DATED : 20/11/2023 ========================== EXTENSION OF TIME ========================== WP(MD). No.19567 of 2022 Giving direction and etc.

as stated within.

KB(07.12.2023) 4P 7C Madurai Bench of Madras High Court is issuing certified copies in this format from 17.07.2023. 4/4