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M/s Standard Reagents Pvt. Ltd. v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC20 Dec 2024WP/35947/2024

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What is this about?

A company whose complaint about theft of its trade-name product was registered as Crime No. 484 of 2014 complained that no charge sheet had been filed for over 10 years despite an earlier assurance that investigation was complete. The High Court directed the police to file the charge sheet and serve a copy on the petitioner within two weeks, and disposed of the writ petition without costs.

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M/s Standard Reagents Pvt. Ltd. Vs The State of Telangana — Quashing and FIR | Telangana HC (2024)

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HIGH COURT^{FOR THE STATEOF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD} (SPecial original^{Jurisdiction)}

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FRIDAY, THE^{TWENTIETHDAYOF DECEN/BER} TWO THOUSAND^{ANDTWENTYFOUR}

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE^{SRIJUSTICE C.V. BHASKARREDDY}

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WRIT PETITIO N^{NO: 35947 0F 2024}

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Betwee n:

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l,4/s Standard^{Reagents Pv1 Ltd} ' -A f\4^{Lld Co" Reqistered under the} companies^{nct tssE"iaving-iii Regrsteredoffice at-Plot No 572-573} Dhoolapally^{virrage.ibn l."t} 'itr' Fhase^-lV Extn^{I\l N/ Dist Rep bv its} [,4anaoino Director, li.'fr,l^{ir.f.liit S,o Lut" tr,4 Srinivas.A/a 35 years. Occ.} AJiin6ss"nto. Jubilee^{Hills , Hyderabad}

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...PETITIONER

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AND

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1 The State of^{Telangana, Rep by Principal Secretary' Home Dept ' Secretariat'} Hyderabad^{- 04}

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2 Commissioner of^{Police,CyberabadMetrop-olitanCommissionerateOld} ffi*b;i"iisli;av,^{cainiuowti,'Hvderabad-500032}

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3 Station Medchal House^{- Irr'lalkajigiri Officer, Dist Pet -67 Basheerabad PoliceStation Pet-Basheerabad'}

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...RES'.NDENTS

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Petition under^{Article226 oI lhe Constitutionof lndia prayingthat in the} circumstances^{stated in the affrdavit filedtherewlth' the High Courtmay be} pleased to issue^{an appropriatewrit, order or direction more pariicularly onein} thenatureofWritofl'4andamusdeclaringtheinactionsoftherespondentsin filing the charge^{sheetin crimeNo 484 12014of PS Pet Basheerabad'for more} than 1O^{years as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14' 21 aad 22 of lhe} Constitution^{of lndia and the rights of the victim in the satd crime'}

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NO:1 oF 2024

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Petition underr section 151 cPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit fired in support of the petition, the High court may be preased to drrect the respondents to fire the charge sheet immediately in th,3 crime No. 4g4 of 2014 0f 3rd respondent by fixing a time frame pending disprsar of the writ petition.

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Counsel for the petitioner: SRI M.M.ALl Counsel for the Respondents: AGp FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER

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THE HO^N'BLE SRI JUST^{ICE C.V.BHASKARREDDY} WRIT PETITI^{ONNo.359 470F 2024}

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ORDER:

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This writ^{petition is filed for the following relief:}

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o.. to issue an appropiate - y"t: -2'd": ^:: ' lirection more po,tnutn,:tY'o"n':'Y,::::i:ii,y:;:iYglf f :;:ff'ft::f ,;Tf I o. v"":^{as ittesat'} ';;;';":; {;^;":';::f"";;;"a,'^ioi" ^,"'n"| and 22^{of ti'LeConstitution of} arbitraru^{and uiolatiue} 'f^iii":'t i i"i' India".

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Considered^{the submissionsof the learned counselfor the} parties ancl^{witl-r theirconstlllLthis writ peritron is disposcd of at} the admission^{stage '}

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It is^{statcd that the pr:tititlner is:l comp:tn1' r't:gisterr:dzrtl<l} pt'o'-tsirltts^{o1 tllrl Ootnpirlrir: '' t 1'lll ' ll} incorporatccl '!s^pcr "ll(l ( r)Ir1|lilllrt 'r'i;rilrsL is stated^{that thc pctiliont:rcompzrllvhas fiiccl'1} one Dasat-tlancyuiu^{zir-tcl4 oth(rl'slor thcl-Lol prollt r-tr" i:lclrtrlit'tq tlrt} trade-name^{,,stable2y++" single solution KF Reagent' on the file of} respondent^{No 3 and the samewas registered as CrimeN o 484 of} 2O14,^{dated 22'll'2014for the offences underSections381' 42O'} 468,477,476,^{486' 506' 1208 of Indian Penal Code and Section} 27⁽²¹ of^{Ttad,eMarksAct and Section 63-A of Copy Rights Act' It is} further^statedthat questioning^{the said F'I'R'' Crl'P No'758 of} It is further^{stated that though initiallythis} 2015^{has been filed}

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( rrrr-r l,rs :l:r' t lL'rr lh. irr'.stig:rtior-r to go o. \riLhoLri. fil r-rg charge shccL, sr-tbsr_'c urcnrll., on the submission made bv tl_re public Proscclt tor Lh:Lt tl-rc investigation was completed and chiLrge sheet has been filed, the said criminal petition was dismissed as infructuous ,ide orders dated 26.09.2019. It is further srated that though the petitioner has filed an applicatio n on OT.OS.2O24 for furnishing zr copy of the charge sheet as per the undertaking given bv the Publicr Pr:osecutor in Crl.p.No.75g of 2O15, the same has been returne<l b-t. the competent court \r,ith an endorsemt:nt dated l;.O(.r 2O2+ tltirL n() cltargc slrcct l-r:Ls bc:en filccl. Thercattcr. the p('ritio,('r'rii.ri r, rrppricarior-i datcd 11..o9.2024 u,crcr th. Right to 1rrIirrrr.rri1rori .'1r'r, r()05. scckinrl rnfor-m:rtiorr as to n.hethr r charge slrc.l ltas Ire.r fii.cl r, thc albrcsard crime. S,bsequerrth., urde lttLt. N.7r).i/liAD,l.i 202.1 rlurc,cl 30.O9.2024 irrlbrmatri,rn it.rs bcen furrnished to the petitioner statrng that the charge sheet has not beer-r filed.

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Learned r;ounsel for the petitioner vehemently contended that having nteLde a submission before this Court in criminal petition No.758 of 201S that the respondents therein have already completed investigation and fired charge sheet, the said r:riminal petition has be,:n dismissed as infructuous. Horvever, as the chargc shect 1.ls not been filed, the samc amollnts to

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misrepresentation^{and therefore, the concerned police are liable for} appropriate action.

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Be that as it may,^{since the grievance of the petitioner is that} even after lapse^{of more than1O years, the responder-rtshave not} hled any charge^{sheet, ends oI justice wouldbc met} '^ifrhc respondetrL^{policezrre clirectccllo [ilc :r c)letrgc shL:ct alldst-'rvc'it} copyolthesametothcpetitronctl'r.llhclr.lt,ar.kllrl..l'lcrlgr.nt,ltlrrithirt a period ol'tu'o^{(2) ucckslron'iLht: dale of t-ccc:ipt o[ it tropr ol litis} order

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With the above directions,^{the writ petitionis disposed of}

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Miscellaneous^{petitions, if any pendingin this writ petition}

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shall stand closed.^{No costs}

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SD/. K.SREER^{AMA MURTHY} ASSIST T REGISTRAR //TRUE^COPY// ECTION^OFFICER

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To, Home^Dept '^{Secretariat' Hyderabad'State of} 1 The PrinciPal^Secretary' Telangana^{- 04} o.ol^{i tan} Commissionerate^Old

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2 rhe com^{m issioner^of-} II lc;i Eyy::i:B:i $"Jro lvlumbai^{HighwaY, Gachtoov}

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o' o Polrce^StationPet-

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3 o^,[,ifj n e e " *: r.:¹³ [:: j, n' I $'' t^?f; ^i"%l'r",,

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4 One Two^CC CCs^{to SRI to GP tr/tr'4 FOR HOME' High Court ALl'AdvocateIOPUC]for the Slate of Telanganaat} Hyderabad [OUT]

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DATED: 2011212024

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WP.No.35947 of 2024

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DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION,

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WITHOUT COSTS

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M/s Standard Reagents Pvt. Ltd. v. The State of Telangana

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