Crl. O.P.(MD) No. 14389 of 2025 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 03.09.2025 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Crl. O.P. (MD) No. 14389 of 2025 1. Logeshwaran 2. Rajangam 3. Chitra. ... Petitioners Vs 1. The State of Tamilnadu, Rep.,by the Inspector of Police, Elumalai Police Station, Madurai District. (In Crime No.113/2025). 2. Sasikumar 3. Suganya ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 to call for the records pertaining to the impugned FIR in Crime No.113 of 2025 dated 23.06.2025 on the file of the first respondent police and to quash the same as illegal so far as the petitioner is concern. 1/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl. O.P.(MD) No. 14389 of 2025 For petitioner : Mr. K.Sivabalan for M/s. Aran Legal Consultancy For respondents : Mr.K.Sanjai Gandhi Government Advocate (Crl.Side) for R1 Mr.S.Vijayakumar for R2 & R3 ***** ORDER This petition has been filed to quash the FIR in Crime No.113 of 2025 registered for the offence under Sections 296(b), 115(2), 118(1), 351(3) of BNSS, 2023 and Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 2002. 2. The allegation is that the first petitioner is the husband of one of the victims/Suganya; that due to a family dispute, the victim/Suganya was residing in her parents’ house, along with the defecto complainant and others; and that on the date of occurrence, the petitioners went to the house of the victim's parents and attacked them with wooden logs and abused them in filthy language. 3. The petitioners and the defacto complainant and also the victim had arrived at a compromise and entered into a Joint Compromise Memo on 2/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl. O.P.(MD) No. 14389 of 2025 19.08.2025. The defecto complainant and the victim/Suganya are present before the Court. Both of them confirm the compromise. The defacto complainant has no objection in quashing the FIR in Crime No.113 of 2025. Both the parties have been identified by M/s.M.Muthu Lakshmi, the Special Sub Inspector of Police, Elumalai Police Station, Madurai. The Compromise Memo is extracted below: 3/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl. O.P.(MD) No. 14389 of 2025 4. The dispute is between family members and they have amicably settled the dispute among themselves. Hence, considering the nature of offences alleged, 4/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl. O.P.(MD) No. 14389 of 2025 this Court is of the view that no useful purpose would be served in keeping the investigation pending. Accordingly, the impugned FIR is quashed. This Criminal Original Petition is allowed. Index : Yes / No 03.09.2025 Internet : Yes / No apd To 1.The Inspector of Police, Elumalai Police Station, Madurai District. 2. The Additional Public Prosecutor Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai 5/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl. O.P.(MD) No. 14389 of 2025 SUNDER MOHAN , J. apd Crl.O.P.(MD) No. 14389 of 2025 03.09.2025 6/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis