Mahalingam v. The Inspector Of Police

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 11.09.2025

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN and Crl.M.P.(MD) No.3120 of 2024 1.Mahalingam 2.Punithavathi 3.Thangaraj 4.Periyasamy 5.Sekar 6.Kandasamy ... Petitioners Vs.

1.State rep. by the Inspector of Police, City Crime Branch, Madurai City. Crime No.9 of 2024 2.Venkatraman ... Respondents PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/Section 528 of Bharathiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to call for the records in Crime No.9 of 2024 pending on the file of the first respondent police and quash the same insofar as the petitioners are concerned.

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For Petitioners : Mr.R.Mathiyalagan For R1 : Mr.K.Sanjai Gandhi Government Advocate (Crl. Side)

O R D E R

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the FIR in Crime No.9 of 2024 on the file of the first respondent police.

2. The learned Government Advocate (Criminal Side) for the first respondent, on instructions, would submit that the first respondent police, after investigation, closed the case as 'further action dropped' and filed a referred charge sheet (negative final report) before the learned Judicial Magistrate No.I, Madurai.

3. In view of the same, nothing survives for adjudication in this Criminal Original Petition. Thus, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed as infructuous. Consequently, the connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed.

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Copy To:

1.The Inspector of Police, City Crime Branch, Madurai City.

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

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SUNDER MOHAN , J.

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