C.Manikandan v. 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.18866 and 18867 of 2022 1.

C.Manikandan 2.

S.P.Chinnasamy 3.

Sathiyavani 4.

Vijaya ... Petitioners Vs.

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State represented by, The Inspector of Police, Mettur All Women Police Station, Salem District. (Crime No.11 of 2021) 2.

Priya ... 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 charge sheet in C.C.No.296 of 2022 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate No.II, Mettur, Salem District and quash the same.

For Petitioners : Mr.M.Senthil Kumar For R1 : Mr.K.M.D.Muhilan Additional Public Prosecutor For R2 : No Appearance 1/3

O R D E R

When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that the trial in C.C.No.296 of 2022 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate No.II, Mettur, Salem District, had been completed and that the petitioners were acquitted way back on 06.05.2024 itself, as a result of which, the prayer sought in this petition has become infructuous.

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Recording the aforesaid submission made by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, 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, Mettur, Salem District 2.

The Inspector of Police, Mettur All Women Police Station, Salem District 3.

The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras.

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A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA , J.

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