Assault on police personnel in Maharashtra | Bombay High Court refuses to quash case against former Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu
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Aurangabad High Court refuses to quash case against N. Chandrababu Naidu and TDP leader for assaulting police in 2010.
The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court has refused to quash a case against former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Nakka Ananda Babu for allegedly assaulting police personnel in Maharashtra in 2010.
A division Bench of Justices Mangesh Patil and Shailesh Brahme in its judgment on May 10 said it has "no manner of doubt that there is enough material to reveal complicity" of both Chandrababu Naidu and Nakka Ananda Babu in the commission of the alleged crime.
The court dismissed the petitions filed by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Naidu and Mr. Babu seeking to quash the FIR lodged against them with the Dharmabad police in Maharashtra's Nanded district.
The FIR was registered on charges of assaulting or using criminal force against a public servant, causing harm with dangerous weapons, rash acts endangering lives of others, intentional insult with an intent to provoke breach of peace and criminal intimidation.
The Bench in its order said it has "no manner of doubt that there is enough material to reveal complicity of both the applicants (Mr. Naidu and Mr. Babu) in the commission of the crime." "The FIR expressly alleges about the applicant accused no. 1 (Mr. Naidu) having instigated fellow prisoners and even threatened of there being a war between the two States," the HC said.
The Bench noted that witnesses in their statements have expressly attributed role of Mr. Naidu and Mr. Babu in commission of the offence and medical certificates show many of the police officials sustained injuries.
“It is clear that the offence was committed by sharing a common intention to carry out assault on police personnel,” the High Court said. “The FIR was lodged promptly and even the injured police personnel were medically examined immediately,” it said.
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