M.Srinivassan @ Sundarasrinivasan v. State rep. by The Inspector of Police
CRIMINAL LAW – QUASHING OF FIR ON AMICABLE SETTLEMENT/COMPROMISE
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court (G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, J.) allowed Crl.O.P.No.12637 of 2025 on 25.04.2025 and quashed the FIR in Crime No.281 of 2019 (Inspector of Police, B-1, Thiruvallur Town Police Station) registered under Sections 294(b), 341, 323, 324 and 506(2) IPC, on the basis of a Joint Compromise Memo between the petitioners (M.Srinivasan, P.Venbuli, V.Vijayakumar, V.Anand Kumar @ Anand) and defacto complainant S.Prabakaran, even though the offences are non-compoundable, exercising Section 528 BNSS 2023 jurisdiction in the light of the Supreme Court guidelines in Parbathbhai Aahir @ Parbathbhai Vs. State of Gujrath, 2017 9 SCC 641; Joint Compromise Memo terms form part of the Order; Rs.5,000/- joint costs to the Chief Justice Relief Fund, Madras High Court.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of the FIR in Crime No.281 of 2019 pending investigation on the file of the first respondent; the terms of the Joint Compromise Memo made part and parcel of the Order; petitioners directed to pay Rs.5,000/- jointly as costs to the Chief Justice Relief Fund, Madras High Court, and file the receipt with a compliance memo in the Registry.