In an application to quash a charge sheet under Section 482 CrPC, the Court rejected the petition because the prosecution had examined 10 of 14 witnesses. The application was dismissed without prejudice to the defence.
The Criminal Original Petition praying for quashing of the charge sheet was dismissed without prejudice to the defence raised.
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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
DATED: 03.01.2018
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.N.PRAKASH
Crl.O.P.(MD)No.5976 of 2014
S.Chandra
: Petitioner/A4
-Vs-
State rep. by Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Tuticorin. : Respondent/Complainant
PRAYER: Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code praying to call for the records and quash the charge sheet filed against the petitioner in Special Case No.2 of 2007 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate -cum- Special Court, Tuticorin, in respect of Crime No.2 of 1999 on the file of the respondent police.
For Petitioner : Mr.H.Arumugam For Respondent : Mr.A.Muthukaruppan, Additional Public Prosecutor
O R D E R
The petitioner has come forward with the present petition seeking to quash the charge sheet filed against the petitioner in Special Case No.2 of 2007 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate -cum- Special Court, Tuticorin, in respect of Crime No.2 of 1999 on the file of the respondent police.
Sd/-
Assistant Registrar (CS-I)
/True copy/
Sub Assistant Registrar
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To
Sml
MK/MR/SAR-1/12.01.2018/2P/5C
CRL.O.P.(MD) No.5976 of 2014 03.01.2018
1 issue framed by the court
whether a Criminal Original Petition under Section 482 CrPC to quash a charge sheet can be maintained at a stage when only 10 out of 14 prosecution witnesses have been examined
1 provisions across 1 enactments
S.Chandra
State
P.N.Praakash
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
