HC accepted petitioner petition for quashing FIR regarding fake visa documents and directed police to complete investigation and file closure report within two months.
Directions to complete investigation and file closure report within two months; quashing prayer not granted.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 23.01.2019
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH
Crl.O.P.No.398 of 2019 and Crl.M.P.No.241 of 2019
1.Derick Cutinha
2.Vinoth Prem Pereira
3.Antony Rosario Pereira
4.Dolphy Denis Dsouza ... Petitioners
Vs.
1.State Rep. by
The Inspector of Police,
E-2, Royapettah Police Station,
Chennai District.
(Crime No.616 of 2014)
2.John W. Lee ... Respondents
PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482
of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the records
relating to the First Information Report in Cr.No.616/2014 on
the file of the first respondent herein, quash the same.
For Petitioners: Mr.G.Magesh Kumar
For R1 : Mr.M.Mohamed Riyaz,
Additional Public Prosecutor.
O R D E R
This Criminal Original Petition has been filed seeking to quash the FIR in Cr.No.616/2014.
2.The Complaint was given by the US Consulate General, Rayapettah, Chennai to respondent police on the ground that the petitioners have produced certain fate documents, at the time when they were called for interview for processing the Visa applications. Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered in the year 2014 and till date, no final report has been filed.
3.The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the FIR is being kept pending from the year 2014 and there is absolutely no respondents from the consulate till date and therefore, the petitioners are put to undue auction.
4. This Court is not inclined to interfere with the investigation at this stage. However, there shall be direction to the 1 st respondent to complete the investigation and file a final report or closure report, as the case may be, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
5.Accordingly, th is Criminal Original Petition is disposed of with the above direction. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous petition is also closed.
Sd/-
Assistant Registrar(CS IV)
//True Copy//
Sub Assistant Registrar
mpa/rka
To
1.The Inspector of Police,
E-2, Royapettah Police Station,
Chennai District.
2.The Public Prosecutor
High Court of Madras.
+1cc to Mr.G.Magesh Kumar, Advocate, S.R.No.5006
Crl.O.P.No.398 of 2019
and Crl.M.P.No.241 of 2019
MP(CO)
rrs 28/01/2019
Derick Cutinha and others
State Rep. by The Inspector of Police, E-2, Royapettah Police Station, Chennai District
John W. Lee
N. Anand Venkatesh
As recorded by the court registry
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