Overview

• The Supreme Court quashed the FIR and all related criminal proceedings filed against Mala Choudhury and her daughter Puttagunta Revathi Choudhury.
• The apex court lambasted the Telangana High Court’s cursory, cryptic dismissal of the quashing petition as “absolute pedantic” and lacking merit consideration.
• Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta held that the FIR wrongly criminalised a land dispute and faulted Telangana Police for failing to direct the complainant to a civil remedy.
• A Rs 10 lakh cost was imposed on complainant P Srujan Sen and M/s Sandhya Constructions for misusing criminal law in entangling the appellants in a fabricated case.
• The SC ordered Hyderabad’s top police officials to ensure appropriate security for the appellants during future visits to manage their property.