The single-judge bench dismissed the contempt petition seeking punishment for alleged willful disobedience of a criminal order, accepting the closure report filed by the government advocate.
The contempt petition stands closed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 03.07.2018
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH
CONT P.No. 1459 of 2018
T.M.Unnikrishnan
...Petitioner
Vs
Sujatha
Inspector of Police, Traffic Investigation Wing, St. Thomas Mount Police Station, Chennai-600 016. (Crime No.131 of 2017)
...Respondent
PRAYER: Contempt Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt Act praying to punish the respondent for willful disobedience of order dated 16.11.2017 of this Court made in Crl.OP. No. 24799 of 2017.
For Petitioner : Mr.K.Shivakumar For Respondent : Mr.B.Arulmozhi Maran Government Advocate (Crl.Side)
***** O R D E R
The prayer sought for in the present petition is to punish the respondent for willful disobedience of order dated 16.11.2017 of this Court made in Crl.OP. No. 24799 of 2017.
consideration, the learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) has submitted that the petitioner's compliant has been closed on 10.12.2017 as undetected and that the investigating officer will re-open the case for further investigation as and when any clue obtained by him about the vehicle, which was involved in the accident.
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Sujatha
M.S. Ramesh
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