Veerapathiran, v. The Inspector Of Police,

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 14.03.2019

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.SESHASAYEE Crl.O.P.[MD]No.533 of 2019 1.Veerapathiran 2.Saravanan : Petitioners Vs.

1.The State rep. by the Inspector of Police, Thallakulam Police Station, Madurai City, (in Crime No.1873 of 2018) 2.Samynathan : Respondents PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., to call for the records in connection with Crime No.1873 of 2018 on the file of the first respondent police and quash the FIR.

For Petitioners: Mr.S.Pon Senthil Kumaran For R-1 : Mr.V.Neelakandan Additional Public Prosecutor For R-2 : Mr.S.Poornachandran

ORDER

The Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in Crime No.1873 of 2018, on the file of the first respondent police, for an alleged offences under Sections 341, 294 (b), 323 and 353 IPC. The offences are chiefly 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 R.Loganathan, Sub-Inspector of Police, Thallakulam (L&O) Police Station, Madurai, Contact No.83000 12981. This Court also enquired both the parties and was satisfied that the parties have come to an amicable settlement between themselves.

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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 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 First Information Report in Crime No.1873 of 2018.

5. This Criminal Original Petition stands allowed and as a sequel, the proceedings in Crime No.1873 of 2018, on the file of the first 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/-, each as costs, to the credit of the Chief Justice Relief Fund (payable in Accounts Section of the High Court Registry, Madurai Bench), 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) Encl:Xerox copy of Joint Compromise memo To 1.The Inspector of Police, Thallakulam Police Station, Madurai City.

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

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