ARAVA BHAGYARAJA vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
Party Details
- ARAVA BHAGYARAJA
- Arava Jayakrishna
- THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
- Konduru Harshavardhan
Case Summary
ARAVA BHAGYARAJA and Arava Jayakrishna filed Case No. CRLP 2926/2023 in the High Court Of Andhra Pradesh on 18 Apr 2023 against THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH and Konduru Harshavardhan. The case has had one hearing so far. The case was disposed of on 21 Apr 2023. 1 order has been issued in this matter.
Hearing History (1)
- 21APR 2023Next Hearing
Judge: N/A
Orders (1)
- 21APR 2023judgementView Order ↗
Order No: 1
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THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petition No.2926 of 2023 Order:- This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., is filed on behalf of the petitioners/A1 and A2, to quash the proceedings in Crime No.44 of 2023 of Venkatagiri Police Station, Tirupathi District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 324 and 506 read with 34 IPC.
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Learned counsel for the petitioners, after arguing for some time, has confined his argument to the extent of protecting the petitioners herein from the police on the ground that the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years and prays this Court to direct the police to follow the procedure as contemplated under Section 41A of Cr.P.C.
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On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor did not oppose the same and concurred with the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioners for the reason that the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years.
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Heard.
Perused the material on record.
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Since the offences alleged are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years, this Court directs the police to follow the 2 procedure as contemplated under Section 41A of Cr.P.C. scrupulously as per the guidelines enunciated in Arnesh Kumar Vs.
State of Bihar and another1.
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With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of.
As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. ______________________________ JUSTICE K.
SREENIVASA REDDY Date: 21.04.2023 Nsr/Mkk 1 (2014) 8 SCC 273 3 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petition No.
2926 of 2023 Date: 21.04.2023 Nsr/Mkk