Dudi Srikanth v. The State of Telangana
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: T.VINOD KUMAR
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2020-12-14. Dudi Srikanth v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD NNONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF DECETVBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T. VINOD KUMAR CRIMINA! PETITION NO: 6213 OF 2020 Between: '1 . Dudi Srikanth Reddy, S/o Dudi Raji Reddy, 2. Yellammala Arun, S/o. Narsimulu, 3. Koduri Naresh, S/o Ramesh, 4. Akaram Ramesh, S/o Narayana, 5. Pyata Ramu, S/o Sathaiah, ... PETITIONERS/ACCUSED AND 1. The State of Telangana, Rep. , by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature of Telangana, Hyderabad. 2. V. Vi)ay Sagar, S/o Komuraiah, ... RESPONDENTS Petition under Section 482 of Cr. P. C praying that in the circumstances stated in the ltlemorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to call for the records in Crime No. 437 of 2020 on the file of Siddipet I Town Police Station, Siddipet, Siddipet District for the offences under Sections 147, 452,353, 332, 395 R/w 149 of IPC and quash the same LA.
NO: 1 OF 2020 Petition under Section 482 of Cr. P. C praying that in the circumstances stated in the l\/emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to dispense with the filing of the certified copy of FIR in Crime No. 437 of 2020 on the file of Siddipet I Town Police Station, Siddipet, Siddipet District. l. A. NO: 2OF 2020 Petition under Section 482 of Cr. P. C praying that in the circumstances stated in the [t4emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings in Crime No. 437 of 2020 on the file of Siddipet I Town Police Station, Siddipet, Siddipet District including arrest of the petitioners, pending disposal of the present Criminal Petition and further pass This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the IVlemorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri B.
Narayan Reddy, Advocate for Sri Sanjeev Gillella, Advocate the Petitioners and of the Additional Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the Respondent No. 1. The Court made the following: ORDER T}IE HON,BLD SRI JUSTICE T. VINOD KUMAR CRIMINAL PETITION No. 5213 of 2O2O ORDER: This Criminarl l)etition is frled under Seclion 482 of tl're Code ol' Crimir-ra1 Procedurc, 7973 (for short, 'the Cr. l']. C. '), see,king to quash 1hc I,'lR / Orimc No. 437 of 2020 dated 26. 10. 2020 on the 'li;u f ikr ol Siridipt:1 I r: oolicc staIjor-r, rcgistcred for the oi{cnccs punishable undcr Scctions 147, 452, 353, 332, 395 rcacl u'itl-r ljcction 1,19 Il)C, u,herein lhe petitioners are arrayed as accuscd. 'l'his Criminal ). l)erririi>n is taktrn rrp l'or hcarirlg toclay, I,C 11. 12. 2()2O, Lh rol-lgh video conf'erencrng. 3. ilt'arcl Sri 13. Naral,an Rcddr,, k:arned counsel appearing on br'h:rll r-,i Sri Sirn. jr:cv (lillclr,i, Itlrrncd coLtr':scl {br thc pctititincrs anrl learned Addil.
ional l)r-rblic I)rosecutor appearing lor tire 1'' rc'spondcnt State. With the cor)sent of both the parties, the erbove lrrsl is ial<cn up lor hi:aring:lnd disposal. 4. It is submitt. ccl by thc lcarncd Counsel for the petilioncr that , cxcept l. hc name ol the 1st petit. joncr, the other petitioners r)::trrlcs \\'( r'! noI r:vcn mcnlii. ,rri. -d in lhc orrginal I,'lR regisLered. It is subscilucnt lo tl. lc rcgistrrrtion of crinic and as an allcr thor:ght to rvrcck political vcndctta thc names ol thc other petitioners t,erc sut)scquontly addcd and arc arrayerl as accilsed. I-earned Counscl 1i;,r llrL pci tiont'r' loirltl 1-lrr-iircr srLbrnil. tirnt cxccpt thc Lrffcnr:e uncir:r Scction 395 IPC, rcst :rll othcr provisions under which thc pelitioners arc charged rvith are bailablc offences. In so lar as . 2 invol<ing Section 395 IPC is concerned, the samc does not stand atlractcd at all lor thc alleged offcnce. 5.
Learned Additional [)ublic I)rosccutor at this stagc u'oulcl submit that this Court in another Crimir-ral Petition bciug Crl. l). No. 5481 of 2O2O filed by othcr accuscd in thc abovc crimc u,as plcascd to disposc ol lhc setrnc r. "'ith ccrtairr clircctions aircl tirr: petitioncrs who llrcscnt are also arrayecl as accuscd thcrcin rna. v also be put on thc same terms. 6. 1,,. :arner,l Counscl lor thc p('titioncr u oLrlrl srrirmil thiil tl. rc s:lnc coilccssioli c:rn bc cxtcnclcrl to Lhc pre scl. rl rLlso l. rcrtitroncr- 7. For thc reilsons alike as statcd in tl-rc ordcr datcd 12. 11. 2O2O rn Crirninal l)ctition No. li48l o1 . lO. l0, this (lnrr. rirral l)ctition is disposccl of, by making thc szricl or<1cr applic:zrtrlc to tlrc pctitioners Registry is directed to make the ordcr in llrosent also. Criminal Petition No. 5481 of 2020 as part of this order. 8. Subject to the above, the Criminal I)etitkrn is disposcd ol' Pending miscellaneous pctitions, il any, shall stand closcd. Sd/-K.
SAILESHI ASS ISTANT REGIS R //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER I To 1. The Station House Officer, Siddipet I Town Police Station, Siddipet, Siddipet District. 2. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad (our) 3. bne CC to Sri Sanjeev Gillella, Advocate (OPUC) 4. Two CD Copies (Order passed in Crl. P. No. 5481 ol 2020 be made part of this orde| Kj. HIGH COURT DATED:1411212020 ORDER CRLP. No. 6213 ot 2020 1 s z 24 DECm0 * * A a-- DISPOSING OF THE CRL. P. / r) ),o THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN CRIMINAL PETITION No. 548l of 2 o20 ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 of Cr. P. C. , is filed to quash the proceedings in Crime No. 437 of 2O2O of Siddipet I Town Police Station, Siddipet. The petitioners herein are accused Nos. 3, 4, 7 & 8 in the said crime. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under Sections 147, 452,353, 332, 395 read with Section 149 of IPC. 2.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. The Tahsildar, Siddipet Urban is the complainant. As per the complaint, he has received information from Inspector of Police, Siddipet about i11ega1 amount kept in house No. 1-79 belonging to the father-in-law of the contesting candidate of 4l-Dubbaka Constituency and requested for search of the said house. Therefore, he has rushed to the said place on 26. 1O. 2O2O at 14. 00 hours. He has issued a notice for search of house to the owner and conducted search activity of house in the presence of panchas. They have lound an amount of Rs. 18,67,0O0 l- and the said amount was seized under a cover of panchanama. 4.
It is further alleged in the complaint that when the de just complainant and other Police officials came to step facto out of the said house with files in his hand and bag of cash in the hands of a Head Constable, group of people including the accused provoked by the contesting candidate, jumped the compound wall and attacked on the Police officials and also the Revenue officia-ls. They have forcibly torned the bag and snatched away the money from the bag. ACP, Siddipet and some other Police officials have also received injuries while protecting the money. 4. Learned Public Prosecutor would submit that the monev has to be recovered from a1i the accused including the petitioners herein. C. C. TV footage is collected for the purpose of investigation. An amount of Rs. 12,80,000/- was taken away by all the accused and others. The matter requires investigation and petitioner Nos. 1 and 2lA-3 and A-4 have to be interrogated. 5. On perusal of the complaint dated 26. 10.
2020 would reveal that there are no specific allegations against petitioner Nos. 3 and 4lA-7 and A-8 with regard to snatching away the money. There are several factual aspects which are to be investigated by the Investigating Officer. 6. In view of the above, the Investigating Officer in Crime No. 437 of 2O2O on the file of Siddipet I Town Police Station, Siddipet, is directed not to arrest the petitioners/A-3, A-4, A-7 and A-8. However, it is made clear that the investigation may go on. If the Police wants to interrogate the petitioners/ A-3 and A-4 for the purpose of recovery of money alleged to have been taken away by them, the Police are at liberty to I take steps in accordance with law. 7. With the above said direction, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition, shall stand closed. K. I. AKSHMAN, J Date:12. 11. 2020. Note: Issue CC today. B/o. TJMR
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