Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, Madurai Bench (P.Dhanabal, J.), order dated 06.02.2025 in Crl.OP(MD) No.2135 of 2025 with Crl.MP(MD) Nos.1467 & 1469 of 2025: quashing of matrimonial criminal case C.C.No.21 of 2023 (Additional Mahila Court, Ramanathapuram) under Section 528 BNSS, 2023, on compromise between husband (Ahmed Jafran, Accused No.1) and wife (Baisanabegam, defacto complainant); FIR Cr.No.2 of 2023; offences under Sections 498(A), 406 IPC and Section 4 of Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriages Act, 2019; compromise memo dated 06.01.2025 recorded; no precedent cited; no monetary quantum.
What did the court decide?
Criminal Original Petition allowed; C.C.No.21 of 2023 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate Court, Additional Mahila Court, Ramanathapuram quashed on account of the recorded compromise; compromise memo dated 06.01.2025 made part of the order; connected miscellaneous petitions (CRL.MP(MD) Nos.1467 & 1469 of 2025) closed.