Rajeshkumar v. Surya Prabha

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

PRESENT:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.ABRAHAM MATHEW FRIDAY, THE 26TH DAY OF JUNE 2015/5TH ASHADHA, 1937 Crl.MC.No. 3660 of 2015 () --------------------------- CC NO. 216/2015 OF JUDICIAL FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE COURT-II, MAVELIKKARA ----------------------- PETITIONERS/ACCUSD NOS. 1 TO 3 :

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1. RAJESHKUMAR S/O GANGADHARAN, MALAYIL VEEDU, KALLIKEL MURI TAZHAKKARA VILLAGE, MAVELIKKARA, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT.

2. PANKAJAKSHIYAMMA MALAYIL VEEDU, KALLIMEL MURI, TAZHAKKARA VILLAGE MAVELIKKARA, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT.

3. MANOJ S/O. GANGADHARAN, MALAYIL VEEDU, KALLIMEL MURI TAZHAKKARA VILLAGE, MAVELIKKARA, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT. BY ADVS.SRI.B.PRAMOD SRI.S.K.SAJI RESPONDENTS/DE FACTO COMPLAINANT & STATE :

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1. SURYA PRABHA, AGED 29 YEARS D/O. PRASANNAKUMAR, MAVELIKKALATHIL, MITHRAKKARI P.O. MITHRAKKARI, KUTTANADU TALUK, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT.

2. STATE OF KERALA REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM.

R1 BY ADV. SRI.P.SHANES METHAR R2 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.V.S. SREEJITH THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26-06-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: Mn ...2/-

Crl.MC.No. 3660 of 2015 () ------------------------------------- APPENDIX PETITIONERS' ANNEXURES :

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CERTIFIED COPY OF THE CHARGE-SHEET IN CRIME NO.526/2012 OF MAVELIKKARA POLICE STATION.

ANNEXURE II:

TRUE COPY OF THE AFFIDAVIT OF THE IST RESPONDENT. RESPONDENT(S)' EXHIBITS : NIL ---------------------------------------------------------- //TRUE COPY// P.S. TO JUDGE Mn

K. ABRAHAM MATHEW, J.

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O R D E R

Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C.

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The first petitioner and the first respondent are husband and wife. The other petitioners are his mother & brother.

The petitioners are the accused in CC.No.216/2015 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-II, Mavelikkara. They are alleged to have subjected the first respondent to cruelty and thus committed the offences under Sections 498A of Indian Penal Code. It is submitted that the dispute between the parties has been settled. The request is to quash the proceedings in the criminal case.

3.

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and for the first respondent and the learned Public Prosecutor.

4.

The first respondent has filed an affidavit to the effect that the dispute has been settled and she has no objection to the proceedings in the criminal case being quashed. I am satisfied that the allegation is true. No public interest is involved in this case. This is a fit case to

CRL.M.C.No.3660 of 2015 invoke the jurisdiction of this court under Section 482 Cr.P.C to quash the proceedings in the criminal case. In the result, this Crl.M.C. is allowed. The proceedings in CC.No.216/2015 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-II, Mavelikkara. are quashed. sd/- K. ABRAHAM MATHEW JUDGE R.AV //True Copy// PA to Judge