Selvaraj v. The Inspector Of Police

Crl.O.P.(MD)No.7853 of 2022 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 27.04.2022

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN Crl.O.P.(MD).No.7853 of 2022 1.Selvaraj 2.Veldeva 3.Pavaelchithan 4.Archana 5.Divyanayagi 6.Ilayaraja 7.Bagathsingh ... Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 7 Vs.

1. The Inspector of Police D1 Thallakulam Police Station, Madurai District.

in Crime No.795/2015 ... Respondent/Complainant 2.V.Chandra Sekaran ... Respondent/Defacto Complainant PRAYER: This Criminal Original Petition has been filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, to call for the records in S.T.C.No.151 of 2016 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate No.II, Madurai and quash the same.

For Petitioner : Mr.A.Haja Mohideen For R1 : Mr.R.M.Anbunithi Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in S.T.C.No.151 of 2016 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate No.II, Madurai.

2.The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner 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 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1 / 2

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3. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the 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 petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the 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 S.T.C.No.151 of 2016 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate No.II, Madurai, is hereby quashed insofar as the petitioners alone and the Criminal Original Petition is allowed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CO) // True Copy // / /2022 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) pnn To

1. The Judicial Magistrate No.II, Madurai.

2. The Inspector of Police D1 Thallakulam Police Station, Madurai District.

3. The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. Crl.O.P.(MD).No.7853 of 2022 27.04.2022 SS/12.05.2022 : 2P/4C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 / 2