IrIr. Vinod Majhi @ Mazi v. The State of Telangana

The State of Telangana, rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad.

The Station House Officer, Sulthanabad Police Station, Sulthanabad, Peddapalli District. ...RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 528 of BNSS, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Griminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to QUASH the Order DL.20.11.2024 passed in Crl, M P No.270 of 2024 in S.C-No.26 of 2024 (On the File of Fast Track Special Court for Expeditious Disposal of Cases of Rape and Protection of Child Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at Peddapalli by securing the DVRs at the Sulthanabad Police Station, avail footage of the Police Station from 13.06.2024 at 2200 hrs to 0900 hrs of 15.06.2024 lo be played in the open Court, seek help of technical engineers if necessary. l.A. NO: 1OF 2024 Petition under Section 482 of Cr. P. C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to STAY of all further proceedings in S.C.No.26 of 2024 (On the File of Fast Track Special Court for Expeditious Disposal of Cases of Rape and Protection of Child Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at Peddapalli, pending disposal of the Criminal Revision Case. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Ch Jagannatha Chary, Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1, and None Appeared for the Respondent No. 2. The Court made the following: ORDER THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJAITA CRIMINAL PEIITION No.14999 0F 20.24 ORDER: The present Criminal Petition is frled by the petitioner- aggrieved by the order dated 2O'll'2O24 passed in Crl.M.P.No.27O of 2024 in S.C.No.26 of 2024 on the firle of Fast Track Special Judge for Expeditious Trial and Disposal of Rape and POCSO Act Cases, PeddaPalti-

2. Heard Sri Ch.Jagannatha Chary, iearned counsel for the petitioner and Sri D.Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for tJre respondents'

Cr1.M.P.No'27O of 2024 was hled by the petitioner unde r Section 9 1 of Cr'P.C, praylng the trial Court to d irect the respondent-State to produce CC TV footage of Sulthanabad Police Station from 13.06.2024 at 22OO hours io 14 06'2024 at OSOO hours and to produce the same before thc Court [or cross- examination of investigating o{ficers' The said petition was filed in the month of October, 2024. Generally the C-C'TV footage r,r.,ill be available with the concerned office for thirty days only' Furthermore, the guidelines of Apex Court with regard to installation and maintenalce of CC TV systems in the police 0 t ( { j I I ! {I l i I I i t I ! l : : i .9,jI 2 station as relied in Paramvir Singh Saiai V Baljit Siongh and others r is no way helpful to the petitioner as it is only to safeguard the human rights. Further, the investigating oflicers are not yet examined and the petitioner can take appropriate steps, if so warranted at appropriate time with regard to CC TV footage of Sulthanabad Police Station. petitioner can put suggestions to the investigating offrcers during their cross_ examination. As such, there is no illegality in the order of trial Court in dismissing the said petition ald the criminal petition is liable to be dismissed.