Hon'ble the High Court of Kerala disposed of a Criminal Misc. Case filed by Aldrin Antony seeking quashing of proceedings in Crime No. 494/22, directing the investigating officer to expedite and complete the investigation within four months.
Directed the investigating officer in Crime No. 494/2022 to expedite and complete the investigation within four months.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
CRL.MC NO. 4796 OF 2023 1
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN
FRIDAY, THE 1ST DAY OF DECEMBER 2023 / 10TH AGRAHAYANA, 1945
CRL.MC NO. 4796 OF 2023
CRIME NO.494/2022 OF NEW MAHE POLICE STATION, Kannur
PETITIONER/S:
ALDRIN ANTONY AGED 26 YEARS S/O. ANTONY,PAINADATH HOUSE, ERNAKULAM, GOTHURUTH P.O., ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, PIN - 683516
BY ADVS. U.K.DEVIDAS S.K.SREELAKSHMY
RESPONDENT/S:
STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, PIN – 682031
SRI.RENJITH TR., PP
THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01.12.2023, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
CRL.MC NO. 4796 OF 2023
2
P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN, J
Crl.M.C. No. 4796 of 2023
Dated this the 1st day of December, 2023
O R D E R
This Crl.M.C. is filed with following prayers :
“To quash all further proceedings in Crime No.494/22 of New Mahe Police Station on the files of Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Thalassery pursuant to Annexure-I FIR in the interest of justice.”[SIC]
Therefore, this Crl.M.C. is disposed of directing the investigating officer in Crime No. 494/2022 of New Mahe Police Station to complete the investigation as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order.
Sd/-
P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN
JUDGE
SKS
CRL.MC NO. 4796 OF 2023
3
APPENDIX OF CRL.MC 4796/2023
PETITIONER ANNEXURES
Annexure I COPY OF THE FIRST INFORMATION REPORT IN CRIME NO. 494/22 OF NEW MAHE POLICE STATION DATED 16.07.2022 Annexure II TRUE COPY OF THE PERMIT IN RESPECT OF GOOD PERMIT (TANKER) DATED 3.3.2020 Annexure -III TRUE COPY OF THE DRIVING LICENCE ISSUED BY THE SUB REGIONAL TRANSPORT OFFICER, NORTH PARAVOOR
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the quashing of Criminal Case No. 494/22 is warranted in the interest of justice.
Aldrin Antony
State of Kerala Represented by the Public Prosecutor
P.V.Kunhikrishnan
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
