T.R.Prabhakaran v. State Rep. By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 14.09.2020

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN Crl.O.P.No.9971 of 2020 and M.P.Nos.4354 & 4355of 2020

1. T.R.Prabhakaran

2. T.Rajeswari

3. Bala @ T.R.Balasubramaniam ... Petitioners Vs.

1. State Rep.by Inspector of Police S8 Adambakkam Police Station, Chennai 600 088.

2. S.Boopathi ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., to call for the entire records and quash the FIR registered as Crime No.973 of 2020 on the file of the respondent registered against the 1st, 2nd & 3rd petitioners. For Petitioner : Mr.ARL.Sundaresan Senior Counsel for Mr.AR.Karthik Lakshmanan For Respondents : Mr.S.Karthikeyan Addl.Public Prosecutor for R1

O R D E R

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to call for the entire records and quash the FIR registered as Crime No.973 of 2020 on the file of the respondent registered against the 1st, 2nd & 3rd petitioners.

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. Compromise has been filed before this Court which have been signed by the petitioners and the second 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 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.973 of 2020.

5. This Criminal Original Petition stands allowed and as a sequel, the proceedings in Crime No.973 of 2020, on the file of the Inspector of Police, S8 Adambakkam Police Station, Chennai 600 088 is quashed. Each of the petitioners shall pay a sum of Rs.10,000/-, (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) as costs, to the Chief Justice Relief Fund, High Court, Madras, within a period of one 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.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar dpq To

1. The Inspector of Police S8 Adambakkam Police Station, Chennai 600 088.

2. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Chennai.

Copy to:

The Section Officer, Accounts Section, High Court, Madras.

Crl.O.P.No.9971 of 2020 and M.P.Nos.4354 & 4355of 2020 AJS(CO) CB(09/12/2020)