Athira S. v. The State Of Kerala
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT:
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.UBAID FRIDAY, THE 20TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2015/29TH KARTHIKA, 1937 Crl.MC.No. 7321 of 2015 () --------------------------- AGAINST CC 639/2012 of J.M.F.C.-II,NEDUMANGAD CRIME NO. 230/2012 OF NEDUMANGAD POLICE STATION , THIRUVANANTHAPURAM PETITIONER(S)/DEFACTO COMPLAINANT.:
------------------------------------------------ ATHIRA S. AGED 27 YEARS D/O.P.SUSHEELA, SASIVILASOM, KADUVAPOKKU PANAYAMUTTOM, PANAVUR, NEDUMANGADU.
BY ADV. SRI.M.R.SASITH RESPONDENT(S)/STATE & ACCUSED 1 TO 4:
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1. THE STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM - 628 231.
2. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE NEDUMANGAD POLICE STATION - 695 541.
3. RAJESH R.
S/O.RAJENDRAN, MANJU BHAVAN, KUDAMANKUNU THAILYAL P.O., KOTTOOR, NEDUMANGAD- 695 541.
4. P.RAJENDRAN, AGED 61 YEARS S/O.PONNU PANICKER, MANJU BHAVAN, KUDAMANKUNU THAILYAL P.O., KOTTOOR, NEDUMANGAD.
5. LATHA, AGED 58 YEARS, W/O.RAJENDRAN, MANJU BHAVAN, KUDAMANKUNU THAILYAL P.O., KOTTOOR, NEDUMANGAD - 695 541.
6. RANI, AGED 38 YEARS W/O.RAJENDRAN, MANJU BHAVAN, KUDAMANKUNU THAILYAL P.O., KOTTOOR, NEDUMANGAD - 695 541. R4,5,6 BY ADV. SRI.V.VINAR R1 & R2 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SMT.SHEEBA M.T.
THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20-11-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
Crl.MC.No. 7321 of 2015 APPENDIX ANNEXURE A1:
COPY OF THE FIR NO.230/2012 OF NEDUMANGAD POLICE STATION ANNEXURE A2:
COPY OF THE FINAL REPORT FILED BY S.I OF NEDUMANGAD POLICE STATION RESPONDENTS EXHIBITS ---------------------------- /TRUE COPY/ P.A TO JUDGE
P.UBAID, J.
--------------------------------------- Crl.M.C No.7321 of 2015 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 20th day of November, 2015
O R D E R
The petitioner herein is the defacto complainant in C.C No.639/2012 of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court II, Nedumangad. The said prosecution involves the offence punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. The four accused in the case are her husband and in-laws. The defacto complainant now seeks orders quashing the prosecution on the ground of amicable settlement of the whole dispute out of court. The petition shows that the whole matrimonial disputes resolved forever, and that the complainant does not want to prosecute the matter further.
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In so many decisions, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has held that even in cases involving non-compoundable offences, the High Court can quash the prosecution in pending proceedings, if the parties have really settled the whole dispute amicably out of court, and continuance of the prosecution will not serve any purpose in such a circumstance of amicable settlement. Here, I find a real and genuine case of settlement
Crl.M.C No.7321 of 2015 between the parties. The victim's claims also stand settled. In the result, this petition is allowed. The prosecution against the petitioner herein in C.C No.639/2012 of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court II, Nedumangad will stand quashed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Sd/- P.UBAID JUDGE //True Copy// P.A to Judge ab