Madras HC orders arrest of Sub-Registrar

The Madras High Court today orally ordered the arrest within 48 hours of a sub-registrar, facing charges of registering a property when its owner was in an unconscious state.
Justice R Mahadevan directed Additional Public Prosecutor Emilias to inform authorities concerned that Sub-Registrar of Neelangari here M G Dhamu should be arrested within 48 hours, failing which police will have to face the consequences.
He then posted the matter to January 24 for further hearing.
The judge passed the order during the hearing of a petition filed by Sakthi Kumar of Thiruvanmiyur here seeking quashing of a case filed against him by police in connection with the registration of his father's property in his name.

The Additional Public Prosecutor earlier informed the court that the Sub-Registrar had applied for anticipatory bail after a case was registered against him for allegedly colluding with Kumar and registering the document of the property of the man's father when he was in an unconscious state.
The case was registered on the direction of the high court on a petition by Kumar's sister.
Kumar, who had been arrested on December 23, in his petition contended that police had not followed due process of law and arrested him. He also questioned the police action in a civil dispute of a family.