Abraboina Divya Latha, v. The State of Telangana
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashment petition (S.528 BNSS 2023) by Accused No.3 in Crime/FIR No.1418 of 2024, PS Kukatpally, Cyberabad, registered under Ss.316(2), 318(4) BNS 2023; offences punishable up to seven years; complaint of absence of notice under S.35(3) BNSS and apprehension of coercive measures; Court disposed of petition directing Investigating Officer to issue S.35(3) BNSS notice and follow Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar ((2014) 8 SCC 273) guidelines, petitioner to cooperate; merits untouched; I.A. No.2 of 2025 under S.482 Cr.P.C (stay) closed; decided 15-04-2025 by Justice N. Tukaramji, Telangana High Court.
What did the court decide?
Criminal Petition disposed of with directions: Investigating Officer to issue notice under Section 35(3) of BNSS, 2023 in Crime No.1418 of 2024 and conduct proceedings per the Arnesh Kumar guidelines; petitioner/Accused No.3 directed to cooperate with the investigation; pending miscellaneous applications, if any, stood closed. Merits not gone into.