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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER
CRIMINAL PETITION NO.7023 OF 2017
ORDER:
This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short 'Cr.P.C.'), is filed by the petitioners/accused Nos.3 and 4 to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.333 of 2017 of Medchal Police Station, Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy for the offences under Sections 406, 420, 464, 506 and 120(B) of Indian Penal Code (for short 'IPC') on the basis of private complaint filed by the respondent Nos.1 to 4.
2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners would submit that, the only ground on which the petitioners are agitating before this Court is that, the directions of the Honble Supreme Court in Priyanka Srivastava and Another vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & others 1 was not followed. As seen from the complaint, no affidavit was filed in accordance with the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court. Further, learned counsel would submit that in the recent judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court 1 (2015) 6 SCC 287 2 in Babu Venkatesh and Others vs. State of Karnataka and Another 2 had quashed the proceedings for the reason of non-compliance of directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Priyanka Srivastava's case (1 supra). The non filing of the affidavit is not disputed by the counsel for the complainant. Accordingly, Crime No.333 of 2017 of Medchal Police Station, Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy is hereby quashed.
3. Recording the said submission, the Criminal Petition is allowed. However, the complainant can work out the remedies by following due procedure of law.
Miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed.
_________________ K.SURENDER, J Date: 06.09.2023 dsv/ds 2 (2022) 5 SCC 639 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER CRIMINAL PETITION NO.7023 OF 2017 Date:06.09.2023 dsv/ds