The High Court dismissed a Criminal Original Petition filed to quash an FIR, holding the prayer infructuous as the FIR had already been closed as a mistake of law and a charge sheet filed.
The Criminal Original Petition was dismissed as infructuous.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 15.03.2022
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE G.CHANDRASEKHARAN
CRL.O.P.NO.9221 OF 2015 AND M.P.NO.1 OF 2015
N.R.N.Neethimohan
...Petitioner
Vs.
2.M.Jahanath ...Respondents
Prayer :- Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for records in Crime No.01 of 2015 and quash the FIR dated 30.01.2015 in Crime No.01 of 2015 on the file of the first respondent.
For Respondent - 1 : M/s.R.Murthi Government Advocate (Crl.Side)
ORDER
This petition is filed to call for records in Crime No.01 of 2015 pending on the file of the first respondent and quash the same.
2.When the matter is taken up today for hearing, learned Government Advocate (Criminal Side) submitted that, the investigation in this case is over and First Information Report was closed as mistake of law on 30.11.2015. The referred charge sheet in R.C.No.1 of 2015 and F.R.No.1 of 2015 was filed.
3.In view of the submission that the First Information Report was closed as mistake of law, nothing survives in this petition and this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed as
infructuous. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition stands closed.
Sd/Assistant Registrar(CO)
// True Copy //
Sub Assistant Registrar
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CRL.O.P.No.9221 of 2015 and M.P.No.1 of 2015
SV(CO) RVM(07/04/2022)
1 provisions across 1 enactments
N.R.N.Neethimohan
State represented by The Inspector of Police, District Crime Branch, Thiruvarur
M.Jahanath
G Chandrasekharan
As recorded by the court registry
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