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Lakshmanan Vs Superintendent of Police — Property and Title | Madras HC (2022)

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Lakshmanan v. Superintendent of Police

Madras HC21 Jun 2022CRL OP/215/2022

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 21.06.2022

CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE N.SATHISH KUMAR

CRL.O.P.NO.215 OF 2022

Lakshmanan ... Petitioner

Vs.

The Superintendent of Police, Krishnagiri, Krishnagiri District

The Inspector of Police, Kaveripattinam Police Station, Krishnagiri District.

Mr.Sakthi The Sub-Inspector of Police, Kaveripattinam Police Station, Krishnagiri District.

Saraswathi @ Saravana

Manjula 6. Rajkumar 7. Periyasamy 8. Chinnasamy

Govindhraj 10.Marimuthu ... Respondents

Issues for consideration

1 issue framed by the court

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Whether police protection can be directed pending a civil suit regarding property dispute.

Statutes considered

1 provisions across 1 enactments

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Code of Criminal Procedure482

Parties & counsel

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petitioner
Lakshmanan
respondent
The Superintendent of Police, Krishnagiri and Others

Coram

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N. Sathish Kumar

Case details

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Court: Madras HC
Decided on: 21 Jun 2022 · June
Registered: 5 Jan 2022
Case no.: CRL OP/215/2022

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Lakshmanan v. Superintendent of Police, CRL OP/215/2022 (MAD), decided on 21 June 2022.

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Code of Criminal Procedure482

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N. Sathish Kumar

Parties & counsel

Dismissed

Issue for consideration

Whether police protection can be directed pending a civil suit regarding property dispute.

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PRAYER:

Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, to direct the respondents 1 and 2 to give police protection to the petitioner and his family members to remove the materials unloaded in his patta land.

For Petitioner : Mr.K.Thiruvengadam For R1 and R2 : Mr.A.Gokulakrishnan Additional Public Prosecutor

For R4 and R5 : Mr.E.Kannadasan

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ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to direct the respondents 1 and 2 to give police protection to the petitioner and his family members to remove the stones and materials unloaded in the subject property.

2.Learned counsel appearing for the respondents 4 and 5 would contend that already a civil case in O.S.No.180 of 2019 is pending with regard to the dispute between the parties on the file of the learned District Munsif cum Judicial Magistrate, Krishnagiri.

3.In such view of the matter, there cannot not be any direction to the police to give protection unless the rights of the parties are decided by the Civil Court.

4.With the above observation, this Criminal Original Petition stands disposed of.

Sd/-

Assistant Registrar

//True Copy//

Sub Assistant Registrar

kas

To.

The Superintendent of Police, Krishnagiri, Krishnagiri District.

The Inspector of Police, Kaveripattinam Police Station, Krishnagiri District.

The Sub-Inspector of Police, Kaveripattinam Police Station, Krishnagiri District.

The Additional Public Prosecutor Madras High Court Chennai 600 104.

+1cc to Mr.K.Thiruvengadam, Advocate, S.R.No.37603

Crl.O.P.No.215 of 2022

SMI(CO) PM/04/07/2022

https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

CNR

HCMA010003932022

Topic

Property and Title

Bench

N. Sathish Kumar

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