The High Court of Madras dismissed two Criminal Original Petitions filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash criminal proceedings. The court held that as the investigation was completed and the charge sheet had been filed, the petitions had become infructuous.
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Crl.O.P.Nos.1915 & 1998 of 2021
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 26.10.2022
CORAM:
THE HON'BLE Ms.JUSTICE R.N.MANJULA
Crl.O.P.Nos.1915 & 1998 of 2021 and Crl.M.P.Nos.1105 & 1121 of 2021
... Petitioners in Crl.O.P. No.1998/2021
Vs.
1.The State Rep. by the Inspector of Police, Vellakoil Town Police Station, Tiruppur District. (Cr. No.16 of 2021)
COMMON PRAYER : Criminal Original Petitions are filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., to call for the records and quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused A1 to A5 in Cr. No.16 of 2021 dated 10.01.2021 pending on the file of first respondent police.
Crl.O.P.Nos.1915 & 1998 of 2021
In Crl.O.P. No.1915 of 2021
For Petitioners : Mr. S.Kolandasamy For Respondent-1 : Mr.A.Damodaran, APP 2 : Mr. J.Franklin
In Crl.O.P. No.1998 of 2021
For Petitioners : Mr. C.S.Saravanan For Respondent-1 : Mr.A.Damodaran, APP 2 : No appearance
COMMON O R D E R
When the matters are taken up for hearing today, Mr.A.Damodaran, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the first respondent in both petitions submitted that in this case investigation has been completed; the charge sheet has also been filed and it was taken on file in C.C.No.220 of
2022, by the learned Judicial Magistrate, Kangeyam, Tiruppur.
2 . In view of the above submission of the learned Additional Public
Prosecutor, nothing survives for further consideration in these Criminal Original Petitions and the same are dismissed as infructuous. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether criminal proceedings instituted against the petitioners should be quashed under Section 482 Cr.P.C.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Thangamuthu and Ors
The State Rep. by the Inspector of Police
R.N.MANJULA
As recorded by the court registry
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