Jeeva @ Harikaran v. The Station House Officer

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 14.02.2024

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH 1.Jeeva @ Harikaran 2.Sivasankar 3.Prasanth 4.Raji @ Murugesan ... Petitioners Vs.

1.The Station House Officer, Villianur Police Station, Puducherry 605 110.

2.Mohanram ..Respondents PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the records and quash the First Information Report in FIR No.0379 of 2020 on the file of the 1st respondent Police Villianur, Puducherry.

For Petitioners : Mr.P.Suresh Babu For RR1 : Mr.K.S.Mohandoss Public Prosecutor (Pondy) 1/4

O R D E R

The Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the FIR No.0379 of 2020 on the file of the 1st respondent Police Villianur, Puducherry.

2. The case is still at the stage of investigation. the parties have decided to bury their hatchet and compromise the dispute amicably among themselves.

3. The Joint Memo of Compromise has been filed before this Court which have been signed by the petitioners and the 2nd respondent and also by their respective counsel. The petitioners and the second respondent were also present in person before this Court and they were identified. In the joint compromise memo it has been stated that the petitioners and the second respondent had entered into a compromise and amicably settled their issues in Crime No.0379 of 2020. This Court also enquired both the parties and was satisfied that the parties have come to an amicable settlement between themselves.

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4. Under such circumstances, no useful purpose will be served in keeping the First Information Report pending, even though, the offences involved are not compoundable in nature. In the light of the guidelines given by the Hon'ble Supreme Court reported in 2017 9 SCC 641- (Parbathbhai Aahir @ Parbathbhai Vs. State of Gujrath), and after exercising due caution as advised by the Hon'ble Suprme Court in The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Dhruv Gurjar and Another reported in (2019) 2 MLJ Crl 10, this Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C. quashes the First Information Report in Crime No.0379 of 2020, on the file of the 1st respondent Police.

5. This Criminal Original Petition stands allowed and as a sequel, the proceedings in FIR No.0379 of 2020 on the file of the 1st respondent Police Villianur, Puducherry, is quashed and the terms of affidavit shall form part and parcel of this order. Each petitioner shall pay a sum of Rs.750/- (Rupees Seven Hundred and Fifty only) as costs, to the credit of the President, Tamil Nadu Advocates Clerk Association, Madras High Court, Chennai (Indian Bank, High Court Branch, A/c 3/4

No.484026006, IFSC Code:IDIB000M157), within a period of one N.ANAND VENKATESH, J.

sk week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and file a photocopy of the receipt along with a memo reporting compliance in the Registry.

14.02.2024 Index : Yes/No Internet : Yes/No Speaking/Non-Speaking Order sk To 1.The Station House Officer, Villianur Police Station, Puducherry 605 110.

2.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

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