IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 23.03.2017 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.MAHADEVAN Crl.O.P.No.4944 of 2017
1. Jaishankar
2. Alagarasan @ Alagarasu ... Petitioners Vs
1. State rep. by The Sub Inspector of Police, Kanchi Taluk Police Station, Kancheepuram District.
2. Dharanidharan ... Respondents Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to call for the records relating to Crime No.120 of 2017 on the file of the first respondent police for an offence under Sections 294(b), 324 and 506(ii) IPC and Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act, 2002 and quash the same.
For Petitioners : Mr.R.Sasikumar For R1 : Mr.C.Emalias, Addl. Public Prosecutor For R2 : Mr.C.Arivazhagan ORDER The present criminal original petition has been filed to call for the records relating to FIR in Crime No.120 of 2017 pending on the file of the first respondent and quash the same.
2. Today, the petitioners and the second respondent/ defacto complainant along with their respective learned counsel on record are present. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the first respondent is also present. The identities of the parties have been verified. They have submitted that the dispute between them has been amicably settled. They have also filed a joint compromise memo dated 24.02.2017 signed by all the parties to that effect. When this Court enquired the parties, particularly, second respondent / defacto complainant, about the factum of compromise and the terms of the compromise, he admitted the same. He also expressed no objection in quashing the FIR in Crime No.120/2017 registered against the petitioners herein.
3. In view of the above, this Criminal Original Petition is allowed and the FIR in Crime No.120 of 2017 pending on the file of the first respondent is quashed. The Joint Compromise Memo dated 24.02.2017 signed by all the parties is taken on record.
23.03.2017 Index:Yes/No rk To
1. The Sub Inspector of Police, Kanchi Taluk Police Station, Kancheepuram District.
2. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras.
R.MAHADEVAN, J.
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