Antony Charles v. The Inspector Of Police

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 19.01.2023

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K.MURALI SHANKAR 1.Antony Charles 2.Selva Nelson 3.Loorthu Vino 4.L.Antony Selvam 5.A.Mariya Selvam 6.Selva Parparan 7.Mariya Balammal ... Petitioners Vs.

1.The State represented by its The Inspector of Police, Mukkudal Police Station, Tirunelveli District.

Crime No.75 of 20022 2.Lurthu Surekha ... Respondents PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, to call for the records pertaining to the case in 1/6

Crime No.75 of 2022 on the file of the respondent police and quash the same.

For Petitioners : Mr.G.Sailendrababu, For Respondents : Mr.M.Muthumanikkam Government Advocate (Crl. Side) for R1.

: Mr.S.Vishnuvardhan, for R2.

ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed, invoking Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking orders to call for the records pertaining to the First Information Report in Crime No.75 of 2022 on the file of the first respondent police and quash the same.

2. The case of the prosecution is that there arose wordy quarrel between the petitioners and the defacto complainant, due to which, the petitioners threatened the defacto complainant with dire consequences. Hence, she lodged a complaint.

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3. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners would submit that the second respondent has lodged a complaint before the first respondent and on that basis, FIR came to be registered in Crime No.75 of 2022 dated 03.07.2022 for the offences under Sections 147, 294(b), 323, 506(ii) IPC and Section 4 of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 2002, against the petitioners.

4. The case is still under the investigation. By passage of time, the parties have decided to bury their hatchet and compromise the dispute amicably among themselves.

5. 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 Mr.D.Anthony Rose, Police Constable 1846, Mukkudal Police Station, Tirunelveli District as well as by the learned counsels 3/6

appearing for the parties. This Court also enquired both the parties and was satisfied that the parties have come to an amicable settlement between themselves.

6. Where the parties have compromised the matter, the High Court has power to quash the complaint for the offences under Sections 147, 294(b), 323, 506(ii) IPC and Section 4 of TN Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 2002.

7. The legal position expressed by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Gian Singh vs. State of Panjab and another reported in (2012)10 SCC 303 and Parbathbhai Aahir @ Parbathbhai Vs. State of Gujrath) reported in (2017)9 SCC 641 were taken into consideration.

8. In the light of the guidelines issued in the above said Judgments of the Hon'ble Apex Court, no useful purpose will be served in keeping the proceedings in Crime No.75 of 2022 pending before the first respondent police, even though, the offences involved are not compoundable in nature.

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9. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition stands allowed and as a sequel, the proceedings in Crime No.75 of 2022 on the file of the first respondent police, is quashed and the terms of joint compromise memo shall form part and parcel of this order. 19.01.2023 NCC :

Yes / No Index :

Yes / No Internet :

Yes / No das To 1.The Inspector of Police, Mukkudal Police Station, Tirunelveli District.

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

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K.MURALI SHANKAR,J.

das Order made in Dated: 19.01.2023 6/6