The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court quashed criminal proceedings under Section 482 Cr.P.C. after a joint compromise memo was filed and admitted by the petitioner and the de-facto complainant.
The F.I.R. in Crime No.242 of 2012 was quashed and the Criminal Original Petition was allowed.
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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
DATED: 21.07.2015
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.SUNDRESH
Criminal Original Petition (MD) No.11436 of 2015
Satham Hussain ... Petitioner/Accused No.7
Vs.
PRAYER: This Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., to call for the records and quash the proceedings in F.I.R. in Crime No.242 of 2012 dated 25.12.2012 on the file of the first respondent.
For Petitioner : Mr.J.M.Hassanil Bazari For R1 : Mr.K.Anbarasan Govt. Advocate (Crl.side) For R2 : Mr.S.A.Ajmal Khan
O R D E R
This Criminal Original Petition is filed to call for the records in Crime No.242 of 2014 on the file of the first respondent and quash the same.
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respondent.
taking note of the compromise memo, this Court is of the view that this is a fit case to quash the F.I.R. in Crime No.242 of 2012 pending on the file of the respondent police. Accordingly, the Criminal Original Petition is allowed and the case in Crime No.242 of 2012 pending on the file of the respondent police is hereby quashed.
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Sd/-
Assistant Registrar(AE)
/True Copy/
Sub Assistant Registrar.
To
Crl.O.P(MD).No.11436 of 2015
21.07.2015
2P/4C
AM/18.08.2015.
1 issue framed by the court
Whether criminal proceedings can be quashed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. upon a joint compromise between the accused and the de-facto complainant.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Satham Hussain
State through the Sub Inspector of Police
Anthony Kriminaly
M.M.Sundresh
As recorded by the court registry
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