2019 (6) TMI 1581

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....agowda, Adv. for Sri. Pradeep Nayak, Advocate For The Petitioner. Sri. C. Ramakrishna For The Respondent. ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioners has filed a memo seeking to give up prayer No.(A) of the petitions. In view of the said memo, prayer (A) in the writ petitions stand dismissed. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners on prayer Nos.(B) and (C) of the petitions whereby ....

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....the petitions are filed in Bengaluru. Under the said circumstances, by virtue of Section 202 of Cr.P.C., the Magistrate was required to postpone the issue of process and either inquire into the case himself or direct an investigation to be made by a police officer or by such other person as he thinks fit, for the purpose of deciding whether or not there is sufficient ground for proceeding in the m....

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.... sufficient ground to proceed against the accused. It was submitted that indisputably A-1 resides outside the jurisdiction of the trial court at Kolhapur as he is resident of Pune." In para 23, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has laid down as under: "23. Admitted position in law is that in those cases where the accused is residing at a place beyond the area in which the Magistrate exerci....