The High Court of Madras allowed a Criminal Original Petition under Section 482 CrPC to quash an FIR. The court held that as the parties arrived at a settlement and the complainant decided to withdraw allegations, there was no useful purpose in keeping the proceedings pending.
The impugned FIR in Crime No.2503 of 2020 was quashed.
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Crl OP No.7680 / 2023
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 11.04.2023
CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN
Crl.O.P.No.7680 of 2023
1. Venkatesan
2. Chandru @ Jayachanddran
3. Nandakumar
... Petitioners
Versus
The Inspector of Police, B7, Vellavedu Police Station, Thiruvallur District.
2.S.Mani @ Veeramani ... Respondents
PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to call for the records and quash the F.I.R in Crime No.2503 of 2020 dated 27.08.2020 on the file of the 1 st respondent.
For Petitioner : Mr.M.Dwarkanath For R1 : Mr.S.Santhosh Government Advocate (Crl.Side) For R2 : Mr.K.Lokeshkanna
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O R D E R
Th e petition is to quash the F.I.R in Crime No.2503 of 2020 for the
offences under Sections 294(b) and 324 of I.P.C.
2.Admittedly, the petitioners and the second respondent/defacto
complainant are close relatives.
3.Today, when the matter was called, the learned counsels for the petitioner and the second respondent submitted that parties have arrived at a settlement and the second respondent has decided to withdraw the allegations in the FIR and prayed for quashing of the final report on the basis of the compromise.
4.Both the parties are present today and have signed the Joint Memo of Compromise along with their learned counsels. The said Joint Memo of Compromise is taken on record. In view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, there would be no useful purpose in keeping the proceedings on the file of the 1 st respondent Police pending. Hence, the impugned F.I.R is quashed.
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5.With the above observations, the Criminal Original Petition is
allowed.
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srn
Index: Yes/No Speaking Order / Non-Speaking Order Neutral Citation: Yes / No
To
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the FIR invoked under Sections 294(b) and 324 IPC should be quashed in view of a settlement between the parties.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Venkatesan
Chandru @ Jayachanddran
Nandakumar
State Rep.
S.Mani @ Veeramani
Sunder Mohan
As recorded by the court registry
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