V.Rangarajan v. State Represented By, The Inspector Of Police

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 29.04.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN Crl.O.P.No.13328 of 2025 1.V.Rangarajan 2.V.Sriram 3.S.Suresh Babu 4.R.Sivagurunathan 5.S.Yuvarani 6.K.Ekambaram ... Petitioners Vs.

1.State represented by The Inspector of Police Forgery Wing, Team V, Central Crime Branch, Vepery, Chennai 600 007.

2.Narasiman ..Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to call for the records in connection with C.C.No.995 of 2023 in Crime No.23 of 2020 on the file of XI Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Saidapet, Chennai. For Petitioners : Mr.K.Subburaj

For R1 : Mr.A.Gopinath, Government Advocate (crl.side)

O R D E R

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.995 of 2023 on the file of XI Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Saidapet, Chennai.

2.

Pending this petition, 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 has 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 proceedings 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.,/Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, quashes the proceedings in C.C.No.995 of 2023 pending trial on the file of XI Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Saidapet, Chennai. 5.

In view of the above, the proceedings in C.C.No.995 of 2023 pending on the file of XI Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Saidapet, Chennai, is hereby quashed as against the petitioners. The terms of Joint Memo of Compromise shall form part and parcel of this Order. The petitioners shall pay a sum of Rs.15,000/-, (Rupees Fifteen Thousand only) in total as costs, to the Chief Justice Relief Fund, Tamil Nadu, 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.

6.

Accordingly, the Criminal Original Petition stands allowed. 29.04.2025 : Yes/No Speaking/non-speaking order shk

To

1. The XI Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Saidapet, Chennai.. 2.The Inspector of Police Forgery Wing, Team V, Central Crime Branch, Vepery, Chennai 600 007

3. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.

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