Dismissed
E.Arul Kumara Guru Raja v. the Superintendent of Police
Madras HCCRL OP/9753/2016
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
In a Crl.O.P. under Section 482 CrPC, the Court held that the Pondicherry Police lacked jurisdiction to investigate a crime where the accused operated from Coimbatore. The Court closed the petition, granting liberty to the petitioner to lodge a fresh complaint at Coimbatore, directing the Commissioners there to assign a competent officer for investigation.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner granted liberty to lodge a fresh complaint before the Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore, who is directed to assign the complaint to a competent officer.