ACB FIRs Restored; High Court’s Hyper-Technical Quash Set Aside

Joint Director (Rayalaseema) Vs Dayam Peda Ranga Rao Etc. (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court: ACB Offices Are Valid Police Stations — Quashing of FIRs on Hyper-Technical Grounds Set Aside; Investigation Under PC Act to Proceed The Supreme Court allowed the criminal appeals and set aside the judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court which had quashed multiple FIRs registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Andhra Pradesh on the ground that the ACB, Central Investigation Unit, Vijayawada was not a duly notified “police station” under Section 2(s) CrPC. The Court held that the High...