Petitioners challenged a Magistrate's order directing police action. The Government Advocate reported that the FIR sought under that order had since been registered against the petitioners. Recording this submission, the Court held nothing survived for adjudication and dismissed the revision case as infructuous.
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CRL.R.C.(MD).No.1197 of 2025
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
( Criminal Jurisdiction )
Date : 01.12.2025
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMED SHAFFIQ
CRL.R.C.(MD).No.1197 of 2025
1.Vellapandi 2.Ranjith 3.Thangam 4.Marimuthu 5.Gopiraj
6.Gowsalya ... Petitioners
Vs.
1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Inspector of Police, Rajapalayam South Police Station, Virudhunagar District.
2.Lakshmi ... Respondents PRAYER :- Criminal Revision Case filed under Section 483 r/w 442 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, to set aside the
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order passed by the Judicial Magistrate Court, Rajapalayam,
Virudhunagar District, in Cr.M.P.No.525 of 2025, dated 13.08.2025.
For Petitioner : Mr.D.Rajaboopathy Advocate For Respondent : Mr.P.Kottaichamy Government Advocate (Criminal Side)
ORDER : The Court made the following order :-
This Criminal Revision Case has been filed to set aside the order
passed by the Judicial Magistrate Court, Rajapalayam, Virudhunagar District, in Cr.M.P.No.525 of 2025, dated 13.08.2025.
2.When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned Government Advocate (Crl.side) submitted that pursuant to the order passed by the Judicial Magistrate Court, Rajapalayam, Virudhunagar District, in Cr.M.P.No.525 of 2025, dated 13.08.2025, the first respondent Police has registered FIR in Crime No.536 of 2025, on 14.10.2025, for the offence under Sections 191(2), 296(b), 115(2) and 351(1) of BNS,2023 and Section 4 of Tamil Nadu prohibition of
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Harassment of Women Act, 2002, against the petitioners.
3.Recording the submission made by the learned Government
Advocate (Crl.side), nothing survives for further adjudication in this petition.
4.Accordingly, this Criminal Revision Case is dismissed as
infructuous.
01.12.2025
vsg
To
Rajapalayam South Police Station,
Virudhunagar District.
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MOHAMMED SHAFFIQ,J.,
vsg
ORDER in CRL.R.C.(MD).No.1197 of 2025
Date :01.12.2025
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the revision challenging the Magistrate's direction survives after the FIR has been registered pursuant to that order.
2 provisions across 1 enactments
Vellapandi
Ranjith
Thangam
Marimuthu
Gopiraj
Gowsalya
Mohammed Shaffiq
As recorded by the court registry
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