Musthafa.M v. The State Rep. By, Inspector Of Police

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 24-04-2026

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M. NIRMAL KUMAR

1. Musthafa.M S/o.Muneer, No.40/56, 4th Floor, Devaraj Street, Triplicane, Chennai-600 005.

(Aadgar Card No.4024 6195 6233

2. Josephsuman.R S/o.R.Rayappan, No.29/94, Greams Road, Thousand Lights, Chennai - 600 006.

Aadhar Card No.6488 7742 5094

3. Suban Basha S/o.Nawap John, No.2, Anna Street, Ambedkar Nagar, Royapettah, Chennai - 600 014.

Aadhar Card No.2041 0696 4082 ..Petitioner(s) Vs

1. The State Rep. By, Inspector of Police D-2, Anna Salai Police Station, Chennai.

Crime No.231/2025

2. Saitan Choudary S/o.Ramesharlal Choudary, Currently residing No.24/32, Ramasamy Garden Street, Royapettah, Chennai - 60 014.

Having permanent address at Tejya Ka Bas, Jaipur, Rajasthan - 303 338.

(Aadhar Card No.8749 6927 6476) ..Respondent(s)

To call for records in connection with Crime No.231 of 2025 pending on the file of the Inspector of Police, D-2 Anna Salai Police Station, Chennai and quash the same in respect of the Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 3 herein based on the Compromise arrived with the 2nd Respondent/De Facto Complainant herein and pass such other suitable orders and thus render Justice. For Petitioner(s):

M/s.S.Kartik S.Rajasekar M.Prabhu Durai Ramachandran.O.N For Respondent(s):

Mr. Leonard Arul Joseph Selvam, Addl.Public Prosecutor For R1 Sajjad.M.A.For R2 Mr. S. Kartik Order The petitioner/accused has filed this Criminal Original Petition seeking to call for the records in the FIR in Crime No.231 of 2025 pending on the file of the respondent Police and to quash the same.

2.The petitioners herein are arrayed as Accused Nos. 1 to 3 in the above FIR registered based on the complaint given by the 2nd respondent /defacto complainant alleging that on 08.06.2025 at about 11 pm, near SBI ATM, Royapettah, the petitioners were restrained the 2nd respondent and abused him in

filthy language, and taken away his mobile phone. The petitioners were arrested on 13.06.2025 by the respondent police and the petitioners/ A2 and 3 were enlarged on bail on 17.06.2025 and the petitioner /A-1 was enlarged on bail on 19.06.2025 respectively.

3. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the complaint arose out of a sudden misunderstanding and trivial altercation between the petitioners and the defacto complainant and has now been amicably settled between the parties. The learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel appearing for the 2nd respondent would submit that the dispute between the parties has been amicably settled A Joint Memo of Compromise, duly signed by the petitioner and the defacto complainant, has been filed before this Court. The parties are also present in person and have been identified by their respective counsel.

4. The learned counsel appearing for the defacto complainant would submit that in view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, the defacto complainant has no objection for quashing the FIR. The scanned copy of the joint compromise memo dated 10.04.2026 is as hereunder:

5. This Court has considered the submissions made and perused the materials

placed on record.

6. The dispute between the parties does not involve any overriding public interest and is essentially private in nature. In view of the amicable settlement arrived at between the parties, no useful purpose would be served in keeping the criminal proceedings pending. In such circumstances, this Court is inclined to exercise its inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to secure the ends of justice.

7. Accordingly, the FIR in Crime No.231 of 2025 pending on the file of the respondent Police Inspector of Police, D-2,Anna Salai Police Station, Chennai , is hereby quashed and this Criminal Original Petition is allowed. The consent affidavit filed by the petitioners shall form part of this order. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions, if any, are closed.

8. The petitioner is directed to file an appropriate petition/memo, along with a copy of this order, before the respondent police and on such filing, the respondent police shall consider the same and return the mobile phone seized in connection with this case to the petitioners, in accordance with law. 24-04-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order JRS

To

1. The State Rep. By, Inspector of Police D-2, Anna Salai Police Station, Chennai. Crime No.231/2025

2. The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras.

M.NIRMAL KUMAR J.

JRS 24-04-2026