State Bank of India v. the Commissioner of Police
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, Crl.O.P.No.992 of 2025, decided 27.01.2025 by P. Velmurugan, J. State Bank of India Retails Assets Central Processing Centre (petitioner; advocate Arfat Mohammed.A) v. Commissioner of Police, Vepery and Inspector of Police, V5 Tirumangalam Police Station (respondents; Additional Public Prosecutor S. Sugendran). Petition under Section 528 of B.N.S.S. seeking direction to police to register FIR pursuant to order dated 02.03.2024 in Crl.M.P.No.12451 of 2024, XIII Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore. During pendency, FIR registered in Crime No.23 of 2025 on 08.01.2025; petition dismissed as nothing surviving for adjudication. Keywords: register FIR, direction to police, B.N.S.S. Section 528, FIR already registered, petition dismissed, moot/infructuous, banking fraud-related complaint.
What did the court decide?
Recording the submission of the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that, pending the petition, an FIR had been registered against the accused in Crime No.23 of 2025 on 08.01.2025 and nothing survived in the petition for adjudication, this Court dismissed the Criminal Original Petition.