Javith Saibudeen @ Javeed Saibudeen v. The State Rep By Its , The Inspector Of Police,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED :28.04.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN Javith Saibudeen @ Javeed Saibudeen ... Petitioner Vs.

1. The State Rep by The Inspector of Police, D1, Triplicane Police Station, Chennai.

Crime No.295 of 2024.

2. Syed Altaf Hussain ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to call for the records on the file of the first respondent in First Information Report No.295 of 2024 and quash the same.

For Petitioner : Mr.S.Karthikeyan For Respondents For R1 : Mr.A.Gopinath Government Advocate (Crl.Side)

O R D E R

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the FIR in Crime No.295 of 2024 on the file of the first respondent,

registered for the offences under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 296(b), 115(2), 118(1) and 351(3) of BNS.

2.

Pending this petition, the parties have decided to bury their hatchet and compromise the dispute amicably among themselves. 3.

A Joint Compromise has been filed before this Court, which has been signed by the petitioner and the defacto complainant 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 and it is 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 528 of BNSS, 2023, quashes the FIR in Crime No.295 of 2024 pending investigation on the file of the first respondent.

5.

In view of the above, the FIR in Crime No.295 of 2024 on the file of the first respondent, is hereby quashed. The terms of Joint Compromise shall form part and parcel of this Order. The petitioner shall pay a sum of Rs.5,000/-, (Rupees Five Thousand only) as costs, to the Chief Justice Relief Fund, Madras High Court, Tamil Nadu, forthwith and file a photocopy of the receipt along with a memo reporting compliance in the Registry.

6.

Accordingly, the Criminal Original Petition stands allowed. 28.04.2025 (2/2) Index : Yes/No : Yes/No Speaking/non-speaking order rts

G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.

rts To

1. The Inspector of Police, D1, Triplicane Police Station, Chennai.

2. The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Chennai.

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