V.Thirumal v. The State Rep By Its,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 07.01.2026

CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA and Crl.M.P.Nos.16538 & 16539 of 2022 V.Thirumal ... Petitioner Vs.

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The State represented by, The Station House Officer, Villianur Police Station, Puducherry.

2.

Joseph Alexander ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita/Section 482 Cr.P.C., to call for the records pertaining to the impugned proceedings in C.C.No.540 of 2020 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate No.II, Puducherry and quash the same in so far as the petitioner is concerned. For Petitioner : Mr.P.R.Thiruneelakandan For R1 : Mr.M.V.Ramachandra Murthy Public Prosecutor (Puducherry) For R2 : No Appearance 1/3

O R D E R

When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the learned Public Prosecutor (Puducherry) submitted that the trial in C.C.No.540 of 2020 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate No.II, Puducherry, had been completed and that the petitioner was acquitted on 09.12.2025, as a result of which, the prayer sought in this petition has become infructuous. 2.

Recording the aforesaid submission made by the learned Public Prosecutor (Puducherry), this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

07.01.2026 ham To 1.

The Judicial Magistrate No.II, Puducherry.

2.

The Station House Officer, Villianur Police Station, Puducherry.

3.

The Public Prosecutor (Puducherry), High Court of Madras.

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A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA , J.

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