~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ This is a petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 2. Petitioner is the 5th accused in Crime No.178/2013 of Peruvanthanam Police Station registered for the offence punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.
3. Petitioner has come up with this petition for getting Annexure-A2 Final Report in Crime No.178/2013 of Peruvanthanam Police Station as against the petitioner and all further proceedings based on it in C.C.230/2013 pending before the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court-II, Peerumedu, quashed.
4. The allegation against the petitioner is that he has tortured and harassed the de facto complainant, who is Crl.M.C.6609/2014 : 2 :
his wife, and treated her with cruelty within the meaning of Section 498A IPC, by demanding more dowry.
5. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned counsel for the defacto complainant, who is the 2nd respondent herein, and learned Public Prosecutor.
6. According to the petitioner, all the matters in dispute between the petitioner and the defacto complainant have been amicably settled and presently, the defacto complainant has no complaints against the petitioner and, therefore, the proceedings against the petitioner may be quashed.
7. The defacto complainant, who is the 2nd respondent herein, has filed an affidavit affirming that all the matters in dispute between her and the petitioner have been amicably settled and, therefore, she has no complaints against the petitioner and, therefore, all further proceedings in the matter referred to above can be quashed. She has entered appearance through her counsel. The learned Crl.M.C.6609/2014 : 3 :
counsel for the defacto complainant also endorses the fact that the affidavit has been sworn in by the defacto complainant on her own volition.
8. When all the matrimonial disputes have been settled between the parties and as the defacto complainant has no complaints against the petitioner, it is only just and expedient in the interest of justice to quash the proceedings referred to above.
In the result, this Crl.M.C. is allowed and Annexure-A2 Final Report in Crime No.178/2013 of Peruvanthanam Police Station as against the petitioner and all further proceedings based on it in C.C.230/2013 pending before the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court-II, Peerumedu, are hereby quashed.
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