Devaki Venkata Ramana vs. The State Of Andhra Pradesh
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Order Issued After Hearing
Purpose:
For Admission
Before:
Hon'ble Cheekati Manavendranath Roy
Listed On:
29 Nov 2021
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THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY
CRIMINAL PETITION No.6755 of 2021
ORDER:-
This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short "Cr.P.C.") is filed seeking return of property.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
The petitioners are accused in Crime No.138 of 2021 of Bitragunta Police Station, SPSR Nellore District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 272, 273 IPC and under Sections 20(2), 22 r/w 5(1) of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003.
On a petition filed by the petitioners under Section 482 Cr.P.C seeking quash of the said F.I.R in Criminal Petition No.6366 of 2021, this Court has quashed the said F.I.R. Therefore, the petitioners are entitled for return of the property that was seized from them by the police during the course of investigation.
In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the property that was seized from the possession of the petitioners in the above crime is ordered to be returned to the petitioners on proper identification and acknowledgement.
Miscellaneous Petitions, if any pending, in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed.
JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY Date: 29-11-2021 AKN
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THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY
CRIMINAL PETITION No.6755 of 2021
Date: 29-11-2021
AKN