This is a contempt petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempts of Courts Act against a police inspector for disobeying a prior order. The court found that the order had been complied with and an FIR was registered. Consequently, the petition was closed without punishing the respondent.
Contempt petition closed; no punishment awarded.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 09.08.2018
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH
CONPT.P.No.913 of 2018
S.A.Tharsees ...Petitioner
Vs
Rathinakumar,
The Inspector of Police,
Dharmapuri Police Station,
Dharmapuri-636 701. ...Respondent
PRAYER: Contempt Petition filed under Section 11 of the
Contempts of Courts Act, 1971 praying to punish the
respondent for willful disobedience of order dated
07.11.2017 of this Court made in Crl.O.P.No.23826 of 2017.
For Petitioner : Mr.B.Sundarapandiyan
For Respondent : Mr.B.Arulmozhi Maran
Government Advocate (Crl.Side)
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O R D E R
The prayer sought for in the present petition is to
punish the respondent for willful disobedience of order dated 07.11.2017 of this Court made in Crl.O.P.No.23826 of 2017.
consideration, the learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) has submitted that the order of this Court dated 07.11.2017
has been complied with and accordingly, the petitioner's https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/
complaint came to be registered in FIR No.508 of 2018.
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Government Advocate (Crl.Side), the contempt petition stands closed.
SD/ ASSISTANT REGISTRAR(Comm.Cases)
//Certified to be true copy//
Dated at Madras this the day of 2018.
COURT OFFICER(O.S.)
From 25th Day of September 2008 the Registry is issuing
certified copies of the Orders/Judgments/Decrees in this
format.
CO/12/10/2018
To
1. Rathinakumar,
The Inspector of Police,
Dharmapuri Police Station,
Dharmapuri-636 701.
2. The Public Prosecutor,
High Court, Madras.
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the respondent has willfully disobeyed the order dated 07.11.2017 made in Crl.O.P.No.23826 of 2017.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
S.A. Tharsees
Rathinakumar
The Inspector of Police, Dharmapuri Police Station
M.S. Ramesh
As recorded by the court registry
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