Angel Broking Pvt.Ltd., v. The Station House Officer, Punjagutta Police Station
Case brief
What is this about?
Telangana High Court writ petition closed without costs; writ of mandamus/certiorari to quash FIR; Angel Broking Pvt. Ltd.; FIR/Crime No.970 of 2015, P.S. Punjagutta, Hyderabad City; offence under Section 420 IPC; Articles 226 and 21 of the Constitution; Section 151 CPC applications (interim stay WPMP No.14242 of 2016; amendment MP No.16712 of 2016); petitioner absent both sessions; Lok Adalat settlement dated 10.02.2018; cause does not survive; counsel Byrapaka Jayakar (petitioner, not present) and M. Srinivas, AGP for Home (respondents 1-3); respondents: SHO Punjagutta, Commissioner of Police Hyderabad, State of Telangana (Principal Secretary, Home Department), de facto complainant Chappidi Amaranath Reddy; single-judge bench of Justice J. Sreenivas Rao; decision date 10/09/2025; no precedents cited; no monetary quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Recording the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home's submission that, during the pendency of the writ petition, the parties settled the matter before the Lok Adalat on 10.02.2018 so that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration, this Court closed the writ petition with no order as to costs, and directed that miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. The Court expressed no view on the merits of the FIR or the prayer to quash it.