Palani Murugan, v. The Inspector Of Police

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 25.03.2019

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.SESHASAYEE Crl.O.P.[MD]No.4314 of 2019 1.Palani Murugan 2.Velmurugan 3.Kalaimurugan 4.Kulanthaivel 5.Sakthivel : Petitioners Vs.

1.The State represented by the The Inspector of Police, Soorankudi Police Station, Thoothukudi District.

: 1st Respondent / Complainant 2.Kathirvel : 2nd Respondent / De facto complainant PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., to call for the records pertains to the proceedings in Crime No.73 of 2018, on the file of the first respondent police and quash the same as illegal and arbitrary.

For Petitioners : Mr.V.Nirmal Kumar For R-1 : Mr.V.Neelakanden Government Advocate [Crl.Side] For R-2 : Ms.T.K.Akalya

ORDER

The Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the F.I.R. in Crime No.73 of 2018, dated 07.11.2018 pending on the file of the respondent Police for the alleged offences under Sections 147, 294(b), 323 and 506(i) I.P.C. The offences are primarily private in nature.

2. The case is still in the stage of investigation. By passage of time, 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 have been signed by the petitioners and the second respondent and also by their respective counsel. The petitioners and the second respondent were also present in person before this Court and they were identified by Mr.S.Murugesan, Soorankudi Police Station,

Thoothukudi District, Contact No.94981 91444. 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 the State of Madhya Pradesh Vs. Laxmi Narayan & Others [CDJ 2019 SC 264] and Parbathbhai Aahir @ Parbathbhai Vs. State of Gujrath [(2017) 9 SCC 641] , this Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C. quashes the F.I.R. in Crime No.73 of 2018, dated 07.11.2018, pending on the file of the respondent Police.

5. This Criminal Original Petition stands allowed and as a sequel, the F.I.R. in Crime No.73 of 2018, dated 07.11.2018 pending on the file of the respondent Police, is quashed and the terms of Joint Memo of Compromise shall form part and parcel of this order. The petitioners shall pay a sum of Rs.1,000/- as costs, to the credit of the "District Siddha Medical Officer, CCRI, Periyakulam" (payable in Account No.10767823177, SBI, Periyakulam), 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.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar () // True Copy // Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) Ta ENCL.: XEROX COPY OF JOINT COMPROMISE MEMO.

To 1.The Inspector of Police, Soorankudi Police Station, Thoothukudi District.

2.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

COPY TO

1. The Officer Incharge, District Siddha Medical Officer, CCRI, Periyakulam.

2. The Section Officer,Criminal Section, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. (2 copies) +1CC TO MR.V.NIRMAL KUMAR, Advocate Sr. No. 56539 Crl.O.P.[MD]No.4314 of 2019 25.03.2019 NR(CO) TR (04.06.2019) 3P 7C