Prabhu @ Prabu v. State Rep.By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED:09.03.2020

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN CRL.O.P.No. 5369 of 2020 and Crl.MP.No.3034 of 2020 1.Prabhu @ Prabu 2.Rajeswari 3.Gothandaraman @ Kothandaraman ... Petitioners Vs.

1.State rep by:

The Station House Officer, Villianur Women Police Station, Villianur, Puducherry - 605 110.

2.N.Porkili @ Nathiya ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original petition is filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, to call for the records in FIR.No. 14/2017 on the file of the Inspector of Police, Villupuram Women Police Station, Villianur, Puducherry and quash the proceedings against the petitioner. For Petitioner : Mr.V.L.Nehru For Respondents:Mr.V..Balamurugan APP (P) for R1

ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the F.I.R in Crime No.14 of 2017 on the file of the Station House Officer, Villanur Women Police Station. 2.

The case is still in the stage of investigation. By passage of time, the parties have decided to bury their hatchet and compromise the dispute amicably among themselves. 3.

A Joint Memo of Compromise has been filed before this Court which have been signed by the petitioners and the first respondent and also by their respective counsel. All the parties are present and identified by their respective counsel and the Police. In order to identify the respective parties, they have also produced the copies of the Aadhaar Card are https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

made part of the record. This Court also enquired both the parties and was satisfied that the parties have come to an amicable settlement between themselves.

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), this Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C. quashes the First Information Report in Crime No.280 of 2018.

5. This Criminal Original Petition stands allowed and as a sequel, the proceedings in Crime No.14 of 2017, on the file of the Villanur Women Police Station, is quashed and the terms of Joint Memo of Compromise shall form part and parcel of this Order. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CO MDU) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar ub ENCL: Xerox Copy of Joint Memo of Compromise attached. To The Station House Officer, Villianur Women Police Station, Villianur, Puducherry - 605 110.

+1cc to Mr.V.L.Nehru, Advocate, S.R.No. 22062 +1cc to the Additional Public Prosecutor (Puducherry) S.R.No. 20860 CRL.O.P.No. 5369 of 2020 and Crl.MP.No.3034 of 2020 GS(CO) GN(30/06/2020) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/