Petitioners are accused Nos.1 and 2 in Crime No.131 of 2011 of Karamana Police Station for offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 324, 506 (ii) read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code. The prosecution case in brief is that the accused who are students of an Engineering college formed themselves into an unlawful assembly on 17.3.2011 and attacked the de facto complainant causing injuries.
2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, the learnd Public Prosecutor and also the learned counsel appearing for the mother of the de facto complainant. It is submitted by the Crl.M.C. No.2603 of 2014 :2:
mother of the de facto complainant through Annex.C affidavit that the de facto complainant Sharon M. died on 13th September 2012 in a road traffic accident. The mother of the de facto complainant does not prefer to prosecute the case anymore. It is also submitted that they have settled the matter out of court. Considering the entire facts and circumstances, I find that this is a fit case to invoke the jurisdiction under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to quash the final report.
In the result this petition is allowed. Annexure A final report in Crime No.131 of 2011 of Karamana Police station pending in C.C. No.590 of 2012 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-1, Thiruvananthapuram is hereby quashed.
A.HARIPRASAD, (JUDGE) dl/