Radhakrishnan v. M.Amsaveani
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED:19.02.2021
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.SIVAGNANAM Crl.O.P.No.20640 of 2015 and M.P.No.1 of 2015 1.Radhakrishnan 2.Loganathan ... Petitioners Vs.
Amsaveani ... Respondent PRAYER: Criminal Original Petitions filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to call for the records and quash the complaint in D.V.A.No.1 of 2015 pending on the file of the Judicial Magistrate Court-2, Thirupur.
For petitioners : Mr.S.Shankar For Respondent : Mr.C.Emalias Additional Public Prosecutor
ORDER
This petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in D.V.A.No.1 of 2015 pending on the file of the Judicial Magistrate Court-2, Thirupur.
2.This Court, in Crl.O.P.No.28458 of [Dr.P.Pathmanathan and others vs. Tmt.V.Monica and others], vide order dated 18.01.2021, after elaborately considering the nature of the proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act before the criminal Court and after considering the various decisions of the Supreme Court, dismissed the original petition holding that the proceedings under said Act in a Criminal Court are civil in nature; the truthfulness of allegation in the case has to be decided by letting in evidence in the trial Court; by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings before the trial Court cannot be quashed.
3. In this Criminal Original Petition, the petitioner seeks to quash the proceedings in D.V.A.No.1 of 2015 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate Court-2, Thirupur.
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4.In view of the above said decision, the prayer in this criminal original petition is unsustainable. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition stands dismissed. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.
Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS IX) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar vsn To The Judicial Magistrate Court-2, Thirupur.
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