Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking direction to police to register a complaint. Court directed petitioner to supply complaint in person for mandatory registration.
Direction to petitioner to submit complaint personally; subsequent registration by police as per Lalita Kumari decision.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED 03.07.2015
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH
Crl.OP.No.16403 of 2015
S.Kuzhanthivel
... Petitioner Vs
1.State rep.by The Superintendent of Police, O/o.The Superintendent of Police, Namakkal District. 2.The Inspector of Police, District Crime Branch, O/O.The Superintendent of Police, Nallipalayam Post, Namakkal District. ... Respondents
Prayer:- Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to direct the 2nd respondent to register the complaint of the petitioner dated 20.04.2015 in Crime No.not known on the file of 2nd respondent Police.
For Petitioner :Mr.M.K.Bhoopathy Rajan For Respondents :Mr.C.Emalias Additional Public Prosecutor ORDER
Seeking a direction to the 2nd respondent to register the complaint of the petitioner dated 20.04.2015 in Crime No.not known on the file of respondent Police, the petitioner has come up with this petition.
2.Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondents and perused the material placed on record.
3.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that the petitioner has sent a complaint dated 20.04.2015 to the respondents by post.
4.The petitioner is directed to go in person and give a copy of the complaint dated 20.04.2015 to the 2nd respondent police and on such complaint being given, the same shall be enquired into in accordance with law, following the decision laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Lalita Kumari v. Government of Uttarpradesh & Others reported in (2014) 2 SCC 1.
With the above direction, this Criminal Original Petition is closed.
mps
s/d-
Deputy Registrar(J)
True Copy
Sub-Assistant Registrar
To
1. The Superintendent of Police,
O/o.The Superintendent of Police,
Namakkal District.
2.The Inspector of Police,
District Crime Branch,
O/O.The Superintendent of Police,
Nallipalayam Post,
Namakkal District.
3.The Public Prosecutor,
High Court, Chennai.
+ 1 cc to M/s.M.K.Bhoopathy Rajan, Advocate SR 33078
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Crl.OP.No.16403 of 2015
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the police was directed to register the petitioner's complaint dated 20.04.2015.
Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority
1 provisions across 1 enactments
S. Kuzhanthivel
State represented by Superintendent of Police, Namakkal District
Inspector of Police, District Crime Branch, Nallipalayam
P.N. Prakash
As recorded by the court registry
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