Allowed
Sriram Ganapathy v. The Inspector of Police
Madras HCCRL OP(MD)/10959/2020
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court entertained two Criminal Original Petitions filed under Section 482 CrPC to quash criminal proceedings arising from case and counter cases. Marking the existence of a compromise and the accused's lack of interest in prosecution, the Court held that the impugned prosecutions would serve no purpose and were accordingly quashed.
What did the court decide?
The Criminal Original Petitions were allowed and the respective criminal proceedings (Crime No.193 of 2019 and Crime No.221 of 2019) were quashed.