Disposed

K. Madhusudhan Reddy v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC3 Aug 2023CRLP/6983/2023

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

The single-judge High Court did not quash the criminal proceedings. Instead, it directed the accused to appear before the Investigating Officer within 72 hours under Section 41-A Cr.P.C, adhering to Arnesh Kumar guidelines.

What did the court decide?

Accused directed to appear before Investigating Officer within 72 hours; IA prayers to dispense with certified copy and stay proceedings were closed.

K. Madhusudhan Reddy Vs The State of Telangana — Quashing and FIR | Telangana HC (2023)

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

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THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY THREE

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PRESENT

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THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE G. ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHY

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CRIMINAL PETITION No: 6983 OF 2023

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Between:

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1 t1 lrladhusudhan Reddy, S/o Late. Agam Reddy, Aged 36 years, Occ.Business, Rl/o Villa No. 16, The Perch Mega Meadows, Tellapur Village, R.C.Puram Mandal Sangareddy Diskict.

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K. Rajender Reddy, S/o Narayan Reddy, Aged about 52 years, Occ:. business, R/o. FIat No. 302, Amrutha Chandra Apartment, Lane No. 4, Brahmanveedi, Begumpet, Hyderabad.

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...PETITIONER/ACCUSED No.6 and 7

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AND

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1 The State of Telangana, Rep., by its Public Prosecutor, High court for the state of Telangana. Hyderabad.

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...RESPONDENT

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M/s SAS lnfratech Pvt. Ltd, Regd. Office H.No.25lA, 2nd Floor, Siddharthanagar, Kalyan Nagar, S.R.Nagar, Hyderabad-500038, Rep., by its Director B.Hymavathi., age not known

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...RESPONDENT/ DE-FACTO COMPLAINANTS

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Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/ accused No. 6 and 7 and in Cr. No. 210 of 2023 on the file of the SHO, Central Crime Station (D.D)P.S, Hyderabad.

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I.A. NO: 1 OF 2023

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Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to dispense with the filing of certified copy in Cr. No. 2i0 ol 2023 on the file of the SHO, Central Crime Station (D D) P.S, Hyderabad, with Photostat copy of the same.

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l.A. NO: 2OF 2023

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Petition under Section 4g2 rri Cr.p.C praying that in the crrcumstances stated in the lvemorandum of Grounds of crimrnar petition, the High court may be pleased to stay all further pro.ct:dings against the petitioners/ aicused No. 6 and 7 in cr. No. 210 of 2023 on the fire of the sHo, Central crime Station (D.D)P.S, Hyderabad

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This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal Petitlon and uron hearing the argunrents of Sri r. BALA tvoHAN REDDY, Advocate for the petitroner and the sri S. GANESH, Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and None Appeared for the Respondent No.2

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The Court made the following: ORDER

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HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE G. ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHY

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CRIMINIAL PETITION No.6983 OF 2023

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ORDER:

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This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure (for short 'Cr.P.C.J by the peLitioncrs/ accused Nos.6 and 7 to quash the proceedings in FIR No.2l0 of 2023 on the file of the Station House Officer, Central Crime Station (D.D) Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences under Sections 406, 42C,465,468 and 471 read with Section 34 o[ the Indian Penal Code (for short lPC 1.

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri S.Ganesh, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1 - State. Perused the record

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Since the punishment prescribed for the offences alleged against the petitioners is less than seven (07) years, this Court deems it appropriate to direct the petitioners/ accused Nos.6 and 7 to appear before the Investigating Of[-rcer on or before The I6.Oa.2O23 between O2:O0 p.m. and 04:00 p.m. lnvestigating Officer is directed to follow the procedure laid down under Section 4 1-A Cr.P.C and also the^guidelines formulated by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar v.

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State of^{Biharr s'"rirllltLottsl)'Howcvcr' thcpetltlorlers} /accusecl^{Nos 6 anci 7 shall co-opcrate t.ith '-hc Invcstigating} oificerasan<Irr'hcllri:clLliredlll'lurriishrnginformzrtionand documenls^{as sor.te.htllr l.rim in concliidingtlre investigation'}

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4 Accorclinglt',^{tht: L'l irlrinalPeti''ionis drsposed of}

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Pcnding^{misr:cIIa Ilr:or-tsapplications'i'an1" shall stand}

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closed

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,TRUE COPY//

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Sd/. A.V.S.^PRASAD ASSISTANT^REGISTRAR /-> ' -lB

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SECIOT'f^OFFICER