Justice N. Anand Venkatesh disposed of a Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to direct the Respondent Police to file a final or closure report within three months regarding a pending investigation.
Directed the respondent police to file a final report or closure report within three months.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 11.12.2018
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH
Crl.O.P.No.28904 of 2018
G.Krishnakumar ... Petitioner
Vs.
The State Represented by, Inspector of Police S-8 Adhambakkam Police Station, Chennai - 600 088. ...Respondent
Prayer: This Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to direct the Respondent Police to investigate the case and file a Charge Sheet in respct of the FIR No.1371 of 2017 dated 21.09.2017 on the file of Respondent Police.
For Petitioner : Mr.K.Venkateswaran
For Respondent : Mr.M.Mohamed Riyaz
Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to direct the Respondent Police to investigate the case and file a Charge Sheet in respct of the FIR No.1371 of 2017 dated 21.09.2017 on the file of Respondent Police.
2.Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent.
3.The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that though respondent has registered a case in the above said crime number on 21.09.2017, no final report is filed till date.
4.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent would submit that the respondent police may be permitted to file a final report within a period of three months.
5.In view of the above, the respondent police is directed to either file a final report or closure report, as the case may be, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order under due intimation to the defacto complainant.
6.With the above direction, this Criminal Original Petition is disposed of.
Sd/-
Assistant Registrar(CS IV)
//True Copy//
Sub Assistant Registrar
ssr/rka
To
1.The Inspector of Police,
S-8 Adhambakkam Police Station,
Chennai - 600 088.
2.The Public Prosecutor,
Madras High Court,
Chennai.
+1cc to Thiru K.Venkateswaran, Advocate Sr.85672
Crl.O.P.No.28904 of 2018
mr[co] srg 04/01/2019
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the respondent police must be directed to file a final report or closure report within a specific timeframe regarding the pending investigation of an FIR.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
G. Krishnakumar
The State Represented by Inspector of Police S-8 Adhambakkam Police Station, Chennai
N. Anand Venkatesh
As recorded by the court registry
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