Nadarajan v. The Inspector Of Police
Crl.O.P.(MD)No.6361 of 2022 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 06.04.2022
CORAM:
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN Crl.O.P.(MD)No.6361 of 2022 1.Nadarajan 2.Malliga 3.Loganathan
...Petitioners
Vs.
1.The Inspector of Police, Melur Police Station, Madurai District.
(Crime No.805/2016)
2. The Village Administrative Officer, Melur Town, Melur, Madurai District.
... Respondents Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to call for the records relating to the FIR in Crime.No. 805 of 2016 dated 22/08/2016 on the file of the 1st respondent police and quash the same as against the petitioner / Accused No.1 to 3. For Petitioners : Mr.S.Saravanakumar For Respondents : Mr.R.M.Anbunithi Additional Public Prosecutor (Criminal side) for R1 & R2
ORDER
This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the FIR in Crime No. 805 of 2016 dated 22.08.2016, on the file of the first respondent police.
2.The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners would submit that the facts of the case are exactly similar to the case covered in the decision reported in 2018 2 LW (Crl) 606 [Jeevanandham and others vs. The Inspector of Police Velayuthampalayam Police Station, Karur District] dated 20.09.2018 and in the case of Sri Raja vs Inspector of Police, Sivakasi Town Police Station Virudhunagar District and other in batch of cases in Crl.O.P(MD) No.7922 of 2019 dated 30.08.2019.
3. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents Police would submit that the facts of the case are similar to the facts covered under the Judgment referred above. 4.Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1/2
Crl.O.P.(MD)No.6361 of 2022 the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents Police.
5. Perused the materials on record.
6.The facts of this case is similar to the facts covered by the Judgment of this Court reported in 2018 2 LW (Crl) 606 [Jeevanandham and others vs. The Inspector of Police Velayuthampalayam Police Station, Karur District] dated 20.09.2018 and in case of Sri Raja vs Inspector of Police, Sivakasi Town Police Station Virudhunagar District and other in batch of cases in Crl.O.P(MD) No.7922 of 2019 dated 30.08.2019. Accordingly, the proceedings in FIR in Crime No. 805 of 2016 dated 22.08.2016, on the file of the first respondent police, is hereby quashed insofar as the petitioner alone and the Criminal Original Petition is allowed.
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To:
1.The Inspector of Police, Melur Police Station, Madurai District.
2. The Village Administrative Officer, Melur Town, Melur, Madurai District.
3. The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.
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