Anbalagan v. The Deputy Superintendent Of Police

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 23.02.2024

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SATHI KUMAR SUKUMARA KURUP CRL.O.P (MD) No.317 of 2024 1.Anbalagan 2.Kandhasamy @ Baskar 3.Krishnan 4.Palanisamy 5.Sathish @ Sathishkumar 6.Ajay 7.Arun @ Arunkumar

...Petitioners

vs 1.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Pudukottai, Pudukottai District.

2.The Inspector of Police, Gandharvakkottai Police Station, Pudukottai District.

(Cr.No.600 of 2023) 3.Maniyarasan

...Respondents

PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C, praying, to call for the records to the FIR in Cr.No.600 of 2023 on the file of the first Respondent Police and to quash the same. 1/5

For Petitioner : Mr.K.Anand For R1 and R2 : Mr.M.Veeranthiran Government Advocate (crl.side) For R3 :Mr.G.Ram Prabhu ****

O R D E R

The Criminal Original Petition had been filed seeking to quash the FIR in Cr.No.600 of 2023 pending on the file of the second Respondent Police.

2.Mr.K.Anand, learned Counsel [Enrl.No.727/2007], who had filed vakalat on behalf of the Petitioners/Accused, Mr.M.Veeranthiran, learned Government Advocate (crl.side) appearing on behalf of the first and second Respondents and Mr.G.Ram Prabhu, learned Counsel (Enrl.No.1247/2022], who filed vakalat on behalf of the third Respondent are present in Court. 3.The learned Counsel for the Petitioners submitted that the Petitioners are arrayed as Accused 1 to 7 in Cr.No.600 of 2023 pending on the file of the second Respondent. Pending investigation, the Accused and the de-facto Complainant had arrived at an amicable settlement. A joint 2/5

compromise memo had also been filed before this Court by the learned Counsel for the Petitioners and the learned Counsel for the third Respondent/de-facto Complainant.

4.The learned Government Advocate (crl.side), on instructions from the Respondent Police, submitted that the compromise arrived at between the parties are bona fide.

5.The second Respondent had also filed a status report, in which, it is stated that during the pendency of the investigation, the accused and the defacto Complainant had arrived at an amicable settlement. 6.In the light of the status report filed by the first Respondent, the joint compromise memo filed by the parties concerned is recorded. Accordingly, the Criminal Original Petition is allowed and the FIR in Cr.No.600 of 2023 pending on the file of the first Respondent Police is quashed.

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Index :Yes/No NCC :Yes/No cmr To 1.The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Pudukottai, Pudukottai District.

2.The Inspector of Police, Gandharuvakkottai Police Station, Pudukottai District.

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SATHI KUMAR SUKUMARA KURUP , J.

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