Case brief
What is this about?
Kerala High Court, Ernakulam - Crl.M.C. No.5521/2020, decided 03.04.2025 by G. Girish, J. Petitioners Abdul Rahim, Mohammed Ismail and Mohammed Basheer (counsel N. Muhammad Saju) had sought quashing of further proceedings in M.C. No.94/2014 of JFCM-I, Nedumangad, arising from a complaint dated 22.09.2014 filed by first respondent Arifa Beevi. On counsel's report, verified by the Court on the e-court site, that M.C.No.94/2014 was dismissed on 03.02.2024 pursuant to settlement between the parties - reflected in the compromise decree in O.P.No.393/2014, Family Court, Nedumangad (decree dated 17.1.2018; compromise deed dated 16.1.2018; affidavit in E.P.No.4/2019; earlier High Court judgment in Crl.M.C.No.4753/2019 dated 22.7.2019) - the Court held there was no purpose in continuing the petition and closed the Crl.M.C. No statute or precedent was cited in the order body.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; the Crl.M.C. praying to quash the further proceedings in M.C. No.94/2014 was closed, the Court having found no purpose in its continuance as the said case stood dismissed on 03.02.2024 in terms of the settlement between the parties.