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The Telangana High Court had dismissed a transgression petition challenging a revisional court’s absorption mounting speech a magistrate bid for contented of process against 2 constabulary personnel, 1 of whom gunned down a idiosyncratic attempting robbery astatine Zaheerabad 22 years ago.
Justice Juvvadi Sridevi of the HC said determination were nary grounds to interfere with the bid passed by the revisional court. As per the records, a constabulary serviceman (now Deputy Superintendent of Police) P. Sreedhar Reddy and constable N. Gopal (along with different policemen) were connected patrolling work connected the intervening nighttime of May 20 and 21 of 2003 erstwhile they got accusation that theives broke into immoderate shops successful Zaheerabad.
When they entered a market store, 1 of the offenders aboriginal identified arsenic Mohammed Shafi snatched the firearm of Gopal erstwhile Sreedhar Reddy fired 4 rounds astatine him resulting successful Shafi’s death. A magisterial enquiry study said the serviceman fired successful aforesaid defence. The enactment was justified and said to beryllium not excessive.
Following a protestation ailment by Lateef Mohammed Khan, the CID conducted an enquiry and concluded that the constabulary serviceman fired successful backstage defence. Eventually, Mohammed Khan filed a protestation petition earlier the Zaheerabad Judicial Magistrate of First Class tribunal which passed an bid for contented of process (issuing summon oregon warrant aft taking cognisance of offence and uncovering capable grounds to proceed) against the DSP and constable.
The 2 constabulary unit moved the Revisional Court (Principal Sessions Judge astatine Medak, Sangareddy) which acceptable speech the magistrate order. Challenging this, Mohammed Khan filed the transgression petition. He sought quashing of the revisional tribunal bid and a absorption to behaviour proceedings of execution lawsuit against the DSP and the constable.
The justice held that determination was nary credible worldly connected grounds to signifier a prima facie sentiment that the 2 policemen had committed the transgression of a murder. On the contrary, the worldly powerfully indicated that the incidental occurred successful condition of backstage defence portion the constabulary officers were discharging their authoritative duties, the justice said successful the order.
