Indukuri Chaitanya Kumar Varma vs. The State Of Andhra Pradesh
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Order Issued After Hearing
Purpose:
For Admission
Before:
Hon'ble K Sreenivasa Reddy
Listed On:
7 Jul 2023
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HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY
Criminal Petition No.4574 of 2023
Order:
This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., has been filed on behalf of the petitioner herein/A1 to quash the proceedings in Crime No.124 of 2023 of Disha Urban Police Station, Visakhapatnam, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 506 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
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Learned counsel for the petitioner, after arguing for some time, has confined his argument to the extent of protecting the petitioner 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 petitioner 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 procedure as contemplated under Section 41A of Cr.P.C. scrupulously as per the guidelines enunciated in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar and another<sup>1</sup>.
With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. 6.
$7.$ As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed.
K. SREENIVASA REDDY, J.
Date: 07.07.2023 ASR
<sup>&</sup>lt;sup>1</sup> (2014) 8 SCC 273
HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY
Criminal Petition No.4574 of 2023
Date:07.07.2023
ASR