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Madras High CourtCRL OP(MD)/21292/2025withdrawn dismissed

Joseph Kennedy v. The State Of Tamilnadu Rep.By

2025-11-25Honourable Mr Justice Sunder Mohan4 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 25.11.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Crl.O.P.(MD).No.21292 of 2025 and Crl.M.P.(MD).No.18281 of 2025 Joseph Kennedy ... Petitioners/Accused No.7 Vs.

1.The Sub Inspector of Police Amathur Police Station, Virudhunagar District.

(Cr.No.20/2021) ... 1st Respondent/Complainant

2. Muthukumar ... 2nd Respondent/Defacto-complainant Prayer : Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, to call for the records, pertaining to the complaint, taken on file in Cr.No.20 of 2021, dated 07.02.2021, on the file of the 1st respondent Police and quash the same as illegal as against the Petitioner/Accused No.7 alone. For Petitioners : Mr.K.Vinayagan For R-1 : Mr.R.M.Anbunithi Addl. Public Prosecutor

ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition is filed to quash the FIR in Cr.No.20 of 2021 on the file of the 1st respondent, U/s.120(b), 406, 420 & 511 of IPC. 1/4

2. During the course of arguments, when this Court expressed that the points raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner are factual in nature, the learned counsel for the petitioner sought permission to withdraw this petition. The learned counsel also requested this Court to the direct respondent Police to file the final report within a stipulated time.

3. In view of the above submission, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. Considering the request made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, there shall be a direction to the first respondent to conclude the investigation and file the final report within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

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To:

1.The Sub Inspector of Police Amathur Police Station, Virudhunagar District.

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

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SUNDER MOHAN, J.

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