Venugopal v. Home, Prohibition and Excise Department
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail applications Crl.OP 14940, 14621, 14941 of 2024 and Crl.MP 9561 of 2024, Madras High Court, Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira, decided 06-01-2025; Crime No.26/2024 Central Crime Branch Salem City; parties Venugopal s/o Hariharan, Vijayan s/o Utthamarajan, V.O.N. Jagadeesan and others, O.Narmatha w/o Obuli; dispute between siblings referred to District Mediation and Conciliation Centre Salem; settlement by memorandum of agreement with conditions complied; police closed case as mistake of fact; defacto complainant referred case as mistake of fact; final report before Judicial Magistrate Salem dropping further action; petitions closed, nothing survives for adjudication; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
All three Crl.OPs (Nos. 14940, 14621 and 14941 of 2024) and Crl.MP No. 9561 of 2024 stand closed, as nothing survived for adjudication after the mediated settlement and the filing of the final report dropping further action in Crime No.26/2024.