Askar Ali v. State Rep.by
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court allowed the criminal petition to quash the FIR upon finding an amicable compromise between the petitioner and the complainant, relying on Supreme Court guidelines.
What did the court decide?
The First Information Report in Crime No.1474 of 2020 is quashed.
What the court decided
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 05.03.2021
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH
CRL.OP.No.4104 of 2021 and Crl.MP.No.2607 of 2021
Askar Ali ...Petitioner
Vs.
1. The Inspector of Police,
C-3, Seven Wells Police Station,
Law and order,
Chennai.
2. R.Kannan ...Respondent
PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of
Criminal Procedure Code, to call for the records in Crime
No.1474 of 2020 on the file of the first respondent/complainant
and to quash the same.
For Petitioner : Mr.C.Ravichandran For Respondent No.1: Mr.C.Raghavan,
Government Advocate
O R D E R
The Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the FIR in Crime No.1474 of 2020, pending on the file of the 1st respondent.
- The case is still at the stage of investigation. By passage of time, the parties have decided to bury their hatchet and compromise the dispute amicably among themselves.
Issues for consideration
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the High Court should quash the FIR in light of an amicable compromise between parties despite the offence being non-compoundable.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Askar Ali
- respondent
The Inspector of Police, C-3, Seven Wells Police Station
- respondent
R.Kannan
Coram
Case details
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