Andhra Pradesh Police Officers Association Rep. by Its General Secretary vs A. P. Civil Liberties Committee (APCLC), Rep. by Its President

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2019 Supreme(SC) 2415

RANJAN GOGOI, DEEPAK GUPTA, ANIRUDDHA BOSE
Andhra Pradesh Police Officers Association Rep. by Its General Secretary – Appellant
Versus
A. P. Civil Liberties Committee (APCLC), Rep. by Its President – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr. B. Adinarayana Rao, Sr. Adv., Ms. Bina Madhavan, Adv., Ms. Akansha Mehra, Adv., M/s. Lawyer S Knit & Co., S. Satyam Reddy, Sr. Adv., Mr. A. Ramesh, Adv., Ms. Aruna Gupta, Adv., Mr. Syed Ahmad Naqvi, Adv., Ms. G. Madhavi, AOR, Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR, Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR, Mr. Harin P. Raval, Sr. Adv., Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv., Mr. Prashant Tyagi, Adv., M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, Mr. R. Basant, Sr. Adv., Mr. Vishnu Pazhanganat, Adv., Mr. Mahfooz A. Nazki, Adv., Mr. Avinash Tripathi, Adv., Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv., Mr. Zain Maqbool, Adv.
For the Respondents: Ms. Pinky Anand, ASG, Ms. Vibha Dutta Makhija, Sr. Adv., Ms. Seema Bengani, Adv., Mr. Rajesh Ranjan, Adv., Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Adv., Mr. B.K. Prasad, Adv., Ms. C. K. Sucharita, AOR, Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv., Ms. Olivia Bang, Adv., Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR, Mr. Naveen R. Nath, AOR, M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, Ms. Nitya Ramakrishna, Adv., Mr. Trideep Pais, Adv., Mr. N.K. Verma, Adv., Ms. Anjana Chandrashekar, AOR, Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR.

ORDER :

Leave granted.

A five-Judge Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court while considering the procedure to be followed in investigating police encounters had thought it appropriate to issue the following directions:-

(B) On issue No.2: That the existence of circumstances bringing a case within any of the Exceptions in the Indian Penal Code including the exercise of the right of private defense (a General Exception in Chapter IV IPC), cannot be conclusively determined during investigation. The opinion recorded by the Investigating Officer in the final report forwarded to the Magistrate (u/Sec.173 Cr.P.C.) is only an opinion. Such opinion shall be considered by the Magistrate in the context of the record of investigation t

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2019 Supreme(SC) 2415

RANJAN GOGOI, DEEPAK GUPTA, ANIRUDDHA BOSEAndhra Pradesh Police Officers Association Rep. by Its General Secretary – AppellantVersusA. P. Civil Liberties Committee (APCLC), Rep. by Its President – Respondent

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RANJAN GOGOI, DEEPAK GUPTA, ANIRUDDHA BOSE
Andhra Pradesh Police Officers Association Rep. by Its General Secretary – Appellant
Versus
A. P. Civil Liberties Committee (APCLC), Rep. by Its President – Respondent