IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 10.01.2017 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.MAHADEVAN Crl.O.P.Nos.26843 and 26947 of 2016 Udayakumar ... Petitioner in Crl.OP.26843/2016 D.Mariappan ... Petitioner in Crl.OP.26947/2016 Vs
1. The Superintendent of Police, Dharmapuri District, at Dharmapuri.
2. The Inspector of Police, Adhiyamankottai Police Station, Dharmapuri District. ... Respondents in both Crl.OPs Criminal Original Petitions filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to direct the respondents police not to harass the petitioners.
For Petitioners : Mr.B.Gopala Krishnan For respondents : Mr.C.Emalias, Addl. Public Prosecutor ORDER These criminal original petitions have been filed seeking a direction to the respondents not to harass the petitioners.
2. According to the petitioners, the petitioner in Crl.OP.No.26843/2016 is running a pharmacy and the petitioner in Crl.OP.No.26947/2016 is an agriculturist. They are not involved in any illegal business or profession. However, cases in Crime Nos.501/2012 and 5/2013 were registered against the respective petitioners for the alleged offence punishable under Section 15(1)C of the Indian Medical Council Act alleging that they were given allopathic treatment to public without any qualification as well as licence. After completion of investigation, charge sheets were filed and the same were taken on file as CC Nos.97/2013 and 149/2013, which after due trial, ended in acquittal, by judgements dated 02.12.2014 and 29.01.2015 respectively, by the learned Judicial Magistrate No.II, Dharmapuri. Despite the same, the second respondent is frequently calling the petitioners and unnecessarily harassing them. Hence, the petitioners made a separate complaints dated 02.12.2016 to the first respondent. Finding no response on the same, the present petitions came to be filed.
3. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor, on instructions, submitted that no such harassment was caused by the second respondent, as alleged by the petitioners.
4. Recording the said submission made by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, the present criminal original petitions are closed.
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1. The Superintendent of Police, Dharmapuri District, at Dharmapuri.
2. The Inspector of Police, Adhiyamankottai Police Station, Dharmapuri District.
3. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
R.MAHADEVAN, J rk Crl.O.P.Nos.26843 and 26947 of 2016 DATED: 10.01.2017