ANGADI YESOBU vs DY SUPTD. OF POLICE — Crl.A. No. 359/1999

Case under Section II. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010131131997

Filing Date

06-Aug-1997

Registration No

Crl.A. No. 359/1999

Diary Number

13113/1997

Order Date

19-Aug-2004

Document Type

ROP - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 06-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section II

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.ANGADI YESOBU

    Adv. Y. RAJA GOPALA RAO

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.DY SUPTD. OF POLICE

    Adv. DINESH KUMAR GARG

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 19-Aug-2004

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 22-Apr-2004

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  4. 06-Aug-1997

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A. No. 359/1999

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Case Summary: Crl.A. No. 359/1999 On 19 August 2004, the Supreme Court allowed the appeal and set aside the High Court's order that had quashed prosecution proceedings against police officials in a custodial death case involving Angadi Prabhakara Rao (who died in police custody on 27 April 1985). The Court found the High Court's reasoning—that the Chief Secretary improperly directed submission of a charge-sheet—was based on an erroneous premise, as no such direction existed. The matter was remitted to the Magistrate to independently apply his mind to the charge-sheet and investigation materials to determine whether cognizance should be taken and accused persons summoned, without any expression of opinion on merits by the Supreme Court. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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