The High Court of Madras dismissed a criminal revision petition filed under Section 397 Cr.P.C. as infructuous. The public prosecutor argued that due to the lapse of time, no adjudication remained, and the court recorded the submission and disposed of the matter without hearing the petitioners.
Criminal Revision dismissed as infructuous.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 10.02.2021
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.A.NAKKIRAN
Crl.RC.No.901/2014
1.Sathish
2.Mohanraj 3.Sivakumar 4.Manikandan 5.Rajendran 6.Jayakumar 7.Pachaiyappan 8.Sivakumar 9.Nagamuthu 10.Lingeswaran 11.Raja 12.Babu 13.Ganesan 14.Ezhil 15.Gnanamurthy 16.Anandan 17.Sudhakar 18.Gopu 19.Selvam 20.Senthilkumar 21.Sajathan 22.Anbalagan 23.Kaliya Vardhan 24.Manoj 25.Prakash 26.Selvarasu 27.Sunil Kumar 28.Mohandoss 29.Selvam 30.Pandurangan 31.Sekar 32.Mohanraj 33.Dhananchezhian 34.Rajee .. Petitioners/A1 to A34 Vs The Station House Officer Thirubuvanai Police Station, Puducherry State. .. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ Respondent
Prayer:- This Criminal Revision is filed under Section 397 and 401 of Cr.P.C., to set aside the proceedings in MC.No.584 of 2014 on the file of the learned Sub Divisional Magistrate [South] at Villianur, Puducherry State.
For Petitioners : No Appearance
For Respondent : Mr.D.Bharatha Chakravarthy Public Prosecutor [Pondy]
ORDER
Sd/-
//True Copy//
AP
To:
CRL.RC.No.901/2014
GMR(CO) CSR: 10.03.2021
1 issue framed by the court
Whether a criminal revision filed under Section 397 Cr.P.C. should be dismissed as infructuous due to efflux of time.
2 provisions across 1 enactments
Sathish vsOthers
The Station House Officer Thirubuvanai Police Station, Puducherry State
A.A.Nakkiran
As recorded by the court registry
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