WP/37633/2021 of Bhavani Sankar Sastry Vs The State of Telangana on 30 December 2021

HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANAAT HYDERABAD(Special Original Jurisdiction)

THURSDAY. THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBERTWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY ONE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.VIJAYSEN REDDY

WRIT PETITION NO: 37633 OF 2021

Between:

Dr. Bhavani Sankar Sastry, S/oA.R.L.N.Sharma, aged about 57 years, Occ Doctor,Shadan College, Medchal, RioVilla No.28, Nakshtra villas, Shamshabad, RangaReddy District.

,..PETITIONER

AND

1 The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary for Home, Hyderabad.

2, The Director General of Police, Telangana, Hyderabad.

3. The Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad

4. The Station House Officer, R.G.l.A Police Station, Shamshabad.5. Rachamalla Ramaswamy, S/o. Pochaiah, aged about 65 years, Occ Business,Rl/o. Sidhanti, Shamshabad.5. Rachamalla Ramaswamy, S/o. Pochaiah, aged about 65 years, Occ Business,Rl/o. Sidhanti, Shamshabad.

...RESPONDENTS

Petition under Article 226 o'f lhe Constitution of lndia praying that in thecircumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased toissue an appropriate writ, order or direction; more particularly one in the nature of writof Mandamus declaring the actions of the official Respondents in not following theguidelines issued by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of lndia in Arnesh Kumar Vs. Stateof Bihar and not issuing a notice U/Sec. 41-A Cr.P.C in respect of Crime No. 729 ofof Mandamus declaring the actions of the official Respondents in not following theguidelines issued by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of lndia in Arnesh Kumar Vs. Stateof Bihar and not issuing a notice U/Sec. 41-A Cr.P.C in respect of Crime No. 729 of2021 of R.G.l.A Airport Police Station, Shamshabad as illegal, arbitrary, unjust lA NO: 1 OF 2021

Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in theaffidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct theRespondent No.4 to strictly follow the guidelines issued by the Hon'ble SupremeCourt of lndia in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar and consequently direct theRespondent No. 4 not to arrest the petitioner in Crime No. 729 of 2021 of R.G.l.AAirport Police Station, Shamshabad, pending disposal of the writ petition.affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct theRespondent No.4 to strictly follow the guidelines issued by the Hon'ble SupremeCourt of lndia in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar and consequently direct theRespondent No. 4 not to arrest the petitioner in Crime No. 729 of 2021 of R.G.l.AAirport Police Station, Shamshabad, pending disposal of the writ petition.

Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI T.S.ANIRUDH REDDY

Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 4 : AGP FOR HOME

--Counsel for the Respondent No.5 :

The Court at the stage of admission made the following: ORDER

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6. Therelbre. the writ petition is disposed of, at the stage ofadn.rission itself, directing respondent No.4 _ the Station HouseOfficer, Rajiv Gandhi Intemational Airport, Cyberabad District, tostrictly follow the procedure laid down in Section 41-A of cr.p.c. andaiso the guidelines issued by the Hon,ble Supreme Court in ArneshKumar's case (Supra l) while conducting investigation in CrimeNo.729 of 2021. No order as to costs.

As a seqr"rcl thereto, ntisceIlancous petitions, if- any, pending inthe writ petition stand closed.'(2017) 2 ALD (Crl ) 756

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HIGH COURTDATED:3011211021

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