Raviraja v. The Sub Inspector Of Police
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 20.04.2022
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN Crl.O.P.(MD) No.7256 of 2022 and Crl.M.P(MD) No.4972 of 2022 1.Raviraja 2.Ragupathi 3.Bhuvaneswaran 4.Rajendran 5.Sivasakthi 6.Sivakumar 7.Mani 8.Thanappathi 9.Subramanian 10.Senthilkumar ... Petitioners/ Accused Nos.1 to 10 Vs.
1. The State represented by The Sub Inspector of Police, Mayanoor Police Station, Karur District.
(Crime No.72 of 2018) ... 1st Respondent/ Complainant
2. Ravichandran, The Inspector of Police, Mayanoor Police Station, Karur District.
... 2nd Respondent/ Defacto Complainant PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., to call for the records pertaining to the FIR in Crime No.72 of 2018 dated 05.04.2018 on the file of the first respondent police and quash the same insofar as the petitioners are concerned.
For Petitioners : Mr.L.Prabakaran For Respondents : Mr.R.M.Anbunithi Additional Public Prosecutor for R.1
ORDER
This petition has been filed seeking direction to quash the FIR in Crime No. 72 of 2018, dated 05.04.2018 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 first respondent 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 petitioners and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the first respondent.
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 Crime No.72 of 2018 on the file of the first respondent police is hereby quashed insofar as the petitioners alone and the Criminal Original Petition is allowed. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.
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To
1. The Sub Inspector of Police, Mayanoor Police Station, Karur District.
2. The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.
+1 CC to M/s.L. PRABAKARAN, Advocate ( SR-19819[F] dated 20/04/2022 ) Crl.O.P.(MD) No.7256 of 2022 and Crl.M.P(MD) No.4972 of 2022 20.04.2022 SP/13/05/2022/3P/4C