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S.Gandhiselvan v. State by

Madras HC10 Aug 2023CRL OP/12331/2023

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What is this about?

The High Court of Madras, in a short order, allowed a criminal petition filed under Section 482 CrPC to quash proceedings in a special traffic challan case. Citing a prior judgment, the Court quashed the proceedings and closed connected miscellaneous petitions.

What did the court decide?

Proceedings in STC No.1078 of 2022 against the petitioners are quashed and connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

S.Gandhiselvan Vs State by — Quashing and FIR | Madras HC (2023)

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Criminal Original Petition No.12331 of 2023

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 10.08.2023

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH

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Criminal Original Petition No.12331 of 2023 and Crl.M.P.Nos.7562 & 7563 of 2023

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1.S.Gandhiselvan

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S/o.Sellappan

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2.Bar Elango @ Bar Elangovan S/o.Ramasamy

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3.Sampathkumar S/o.Palaniyandi

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4.Manimaran

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S/o.Chinnaiya

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5.Rani

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D/o.Palanisamy

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6.Anand

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S/o.Rangasamy

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7.Balakrishnan

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S/o.Thandavan

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8.Balaji

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9.Naveenkumar S/o.Venugopal

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Criminal Original Petition No.12331 of 2023

10.S.Arulselvan

S/o.Soundararajan

...Petitioners

1.State represented by The Sub-Inspector of Police, Namakkal Police Station, Namakkal District. Crime No.1004 of 2017

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2.R.Vijayaraju Sub-Inspector of Police, Namakkal Police Station, Namakkal District.

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... Respondents

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PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, praying to call for the records and quash all the proceedings in STC No.1078 of 2022 on the file of Judicial Magistrate I, Namakkal, against the petitioners.

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For Petitioners : Mr.B.Vasudevan For Respondents : Mr.E.Raj Thilak Additional Public Prosecutor [R1] *****

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O R D E R

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This Criminal Original Petition has been filed seeking to quash the

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proceedings in STC No.1078 of 2022 on the file of Judicial Magistrate I, Namakkal.

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Criminal Original Petition No.12331 of 2023

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2. Heard Mr.B.Vasudevan, learned counsel for petitioners and

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Mr.E.Raj Thilak, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for first

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respondent.

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The facts of this case is covered by the reported judgment of this

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Court in 2018 2 LW (Crl) 606 [Jeevanandham and others Vs. State Rep. by Inspector of Police and another] .

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Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is allowed and the proceedings in STC No.1078 of 2022 on the file of Judicial Magistrate I, Namakkal, is hereby quashed. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

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10.08.2023

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Criminal Original Petition No.12331 of 2023

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N.ANAND VENKATESH, J

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1.The Judicial Magistrate I, Namakkal.

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2.Th e Sub-Inspector of Police, Namakkal Police Station, Namakkal District. Crime No.1004 of 2017

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3.The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.

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