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Crl.O.P.(MD)No.7696 of 2025 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 10.09.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Crl.O.P.(MD).No.7696 of 2025 and Crl.M.P.(MD).No.5732 of 2025 1.N.Mohammed Hilal 2.Jafar Ali 3.Satham Usain 4.Sarjun ... Petitioners (Petitioners 2 to 4 are impleaded as per
order of this Court dated 06.08.2025 in Crl.M.P.(MD).No.10258 of 2025 in Crl.O.P. (MD).No.7696 of 2025) Vs. 1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Inspector of Police, Sakkottai Police Station, Sivagangai. (Crime No.126/2024) ... 1st Respondent/Complainant 2.Rasul Jenifer
... 2nd Respondent/Defacto Complainant Prayer
: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, to call for the records relating to the impugned Charge Sheet in C.C.No.180 of 2024, on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Karaikudi and quash the same. 1/7 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
Crl.O.P.(MD)No.7696 of 2025 For Petitioners : Mr.S.Bageerathan For R-1 : Mr.R.Meenakshi Sundaram Additional Public Prosecutor For R-2 : Mr.R.Raghaev
ORDER This Criminal Original Petition is filed to quash the final report filed in C.C.No.180 of 2024 for the offences under Section 448, 427, 294(b), 323, 324, 506(2) of IPC and Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 2002.
2. The allegation in the final report is that on account of prior enmity, the petitioners had trespassed into the house of the second respondent, attacked her with wooden logs, abused her in filthy language and caused damage to the house of the second respondent.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners are closely related to the second respondent and in order to maintain peace within the family, the compromise had been arrived at.
4. The parties, namely, the petitioners and the second respondent have since entered into a compromise and filed a joint compromise memo stating that 2/7 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
Crl.O.P.(MD)No.7696 of 2025 on the intervention of elders, they have resolved their misunderstanding. The scanned copy of the compromise memo reads as follows: 3/7 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
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5. The petitioners and the second respondent/defacto complainant are present before this Court in person. They are identified by M/s.S.Rani, Woman Head Constable, Sakkottai Police Station, Sivagangai District. All the parties confirmed the compromise arrived at between them.
6. In view of the same and considering the nature of the offences and the relationship between the parties, this Court is of the view that no useful purpose would be served by keeping the impugned final report pending trial. Accordingly, the impugned final report in C.C.No.180 of 2024 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Karaikudi is quashed and the Criminal Original Petition stands allowed. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed. 10.09.2025 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes/ No Lm
To 1.The Judicial Magistrate Court, Karaikudi. 2.The Inspector of Police, Sakkottai Police Station, Sivagangai. 5/7 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
Crl.O.P.(MD)No.7696 of 2025 3.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. 6/7 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
Crl.O.P.(MD)No.7696 of 2025 SUNDER MOHAN, J. Lm Crl.O.P(MD).No.7696 of 2025 10.09.2025 7/7 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis