2017 (11) TMI 2044

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.... When the investigation in Crime No.2 of 2016 was pending on the file of the third respondent herein, Look Out Circulars (LOC) came to be issued against the petitioner on 19.07.2016. Pursuant to the LOC, the petitioner was apprehended at the Chennai International Airport on 05.11.2017 by the second respondent herein based on the LOC and handed him over to the Chennai Airport Police Station. Consequently the petitioner was produced before the third respondent police station and he had also appeared before the Additional Mahila Court, Trichy on 08.11.2017 at which point of time charge sheet in C.C.No.69 of 2017 was served on him. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that in view of the further action taken by the respondents....

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....that the LOC has abated. 6. The above position is akin to situations where bailable or non-bailable warrants are issued. Once when the accused is secured on the strength of such warrants and produced before the Court, the warrant lapses, since the purpose for which it was issued had been served. Similar is the situation, in case of LOCs. If at all the presence of accused is required thereafter, it would give a fresh cause of action and hence a fresh LOC is required to secure the accused. I had an occasion to deal with a similar propositions in a judgement in S.Santhosh Kumar Vs The Superintendent of Police passed in WP.No.17873 of 2017 and Crl.OP.No.13774 of 2017 dated 31.08.2017. In the said order the following observations were m....