The court dismissed a criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashment of criminal proceedings as the investigation revealed the case was registered by mistake of fact, rendering the petition infructuous.
Criminal petition dismissed as infructuous; pending miscellaneous petitions closed.
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HONOURABLE SRI JUSTI CE M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY
CRI MI NAL PETI TI ON No.8 0 5 9 of 2 0 1 4
ORDER:
This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure (for short ‘Cr.P.C’) is filed to quash the proceedings in Cr.No.18 of 2011 on the file of Anakapalli Police Station, Visakhapatnam District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 152, 153, 353, 341 and 336 IPC.
During hearing, learned Public Prosecutor for the State of Andhra Pradesh submitted that the investigation revealed that the case has been registered as mistake of fact and accordingly, the case was referred as mistake of fact. In that view of the matter, the cause in this Petition does not survive for consideration.
Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is dismissed as infructuous.
Consequently, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending, in this case, shall stand closed.
____________________________ M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, J
Date: 28.12.2016 eha
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HONOURABLE SRI JUSTI CE M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY
Cr l. P. No.8 0 5 9 of 2 0 1 4
Dt. 28.12.2016 eha
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash the proceedings survives in view of the investigation revealing mistake of fact?
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Petitioner
State of Andhra Pradesh
M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY
As recorded by the court registry
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