Ubayadulah v. The State of Tamilnadu
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Section 482 CrPC quashing on compromise; inherent power of High Court to quash non-compoundable offence proceedings; Sections 323 & 506(1) IPC; FIR Crime No.70 of 2022 (Pulithipatty PS, Sivagangai); trial pending in S.T.C.No.90 of 2024 before Judicial Magistrate, Singampunari; matrimonial dispute origin; case and counter-case; Joint Memo of Compromise verified with parties present and identified; second respondent withdrew complaint; voluntary settlement without compulsion; Gian Singh (2012) 10 SCC 303; Parbatbhai Aahir (2017) 9 SCC 641; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; single judge (M.Nirmal Kumar, J.). Relevant where a practitioner seeks Sec. 482 quashing of a pending trial on settlement notwithstanding non-compoundability.
What did the court decide?
Proceedings in S.T.C.No.90 of 2024 (Judicial Magistrate, Singampunari) quashed as against the petitioners; joint compromise memo forms part and parcel of the order; connected miscellaneous petitions closed.