Contempt petition filed for wilful disobedience of court orders. The bench found that the complaint alleging non-action was flawed because the police had already registered a relevant FIR. The contempt petition was dismissed as nothing survived.
Contempt petition closed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 19.08.2016
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH
Cont.P.No.2042 of 2016
G.Kumaresan .. Petitioner
Vs
Joginder
Inspector of Police
Ambur Taluk Police Station
Ambur, Vellore District. .. Respondent
Contempt Petition filed under Section 11 of the
Contempt of Courts Act to punish the respondent for the
wilful disobedience of the orders of this Court passed in
Crl.O.P.No.17230 of 2016 dated 09.08.2016.
For petitioner : Mr.S.Doraisamy
For respondent : Mr.R.Rajeswaran
Special Government Pleader
O R D E R
This contempt petition has been filed to punish the respondent for the wilful disobedience of the orders of this Court passed in Crl.O.P.No.17230 of 2016 dated 09.08.2016.
Taluk Police Station is present before this Court.
passed the final order on 09.08.2016 and it was made ready
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by the Registry only on 16.08.2016, but whereas, this contempt petition has been filed on 17.08.2016 alleging that the police have not acted on the order dated 09.08.2016.
submitted that on the complaint dated 15.08.2016 given by
the petitioner, the respondent police have registered a case in Cr.No.314 of 2016 on 15.08.2016 for offences u/s 294(b), 323, 506(i) and 379 IPC against Vinoth Kumar and Vignesh.
In view of the above, nothing survives in the contempt petition and the same is closed. Since this complaint has already been registered, the respondent police need not register the second complaint based on the order of this Court.
JOINT REGISTRAR(OS)
//Certified to be true copy//
Dated at Madras this the day of 2016.
COURT OFFICER(O.S.) From 25th Day of September 2008 the Registry is issuing certified copies of the Orders/Judgments/Decrees in this format.
DP/CO/02/09/2016
One CC to M/s.S.Doraisamy, Advocate, SR.10611/2016
1 issue framed by the court
Whether to punish the respondent for wilful disobedience of the court order when a case was already registered by the police.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
G.Kumaresan
Joginder
P.N.PRAKASH
As recorded by the court registry
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