The High Court dismissed a criminal petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C by ten petitioners seeking quashing of proceedings and stay of arrest. The Court held that since the chargesheet had already been filed, the petition had become infructuous.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI FRIDAY ,THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER wi TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY THREE I
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THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA
CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 1729 OF 2020
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Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court to call for the records and quash the proceedings against the petitioners in connection with Crime No. 51 of 2020, on the file of V.Kota Urban P.S., Chittoor District
I.A. NO: 1 OF 2020
Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings including arrest of the petitioners in connection with Crime No. 51 of 2020, dated 14-03-2020 on the file of V.Kota Urban P.S., Chittoor District.
This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri K V L NARASIMHA RAO ,Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No. 1.
The Court made the following: ORDER
THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA
CRIMINAL PETITION No. 1729 of 2020
ORDER:
Heard Sri K.V.L.Narasimha Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners.
- Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit thatchargesheet has been filed in this case and the petition may be disposed of by giving liberty to the petitioners to challenge the chargesheet.
As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall
stand closed.
S/d- K. SRINIVAS RAJU ASSISTANT. REGISTRAR
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HIGH COURT
DATED:22/12/2023
ORDER
CRLP.No.1729of2020
DISMISSING THE CRLP AS INFRUCTUOUS
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the criminal petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C for quashing proceedings remains maintainable after the filing of the chargesheet.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
M.Mohan Kumar @ Mohan
B.V.Naresh @ Naresh
Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor
VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA
As recorded by the court registry
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