Crl.O.P.No.9931 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 07.04.2025 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN Crl.O.P.No.9931 of 2025 Muthulakshmi ... Petitioner Vs. 1. The State Rep by The Inspector of Police, C-2, Elephant Gate Police Station, Chennai. 2. Naresh Kumar U Mehta ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition is filed under 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to call for the records in Crime No.27 of 2025 on the file of the respondent police C-2, Elephant Gate Police Station, Chennai, and quash the same against this petitioner/accused. For Petitioner : Mr.V.Karthick For Respondents For R1 : Mr.R.Vinothraja Government Advocate (Crl.Side) O R D E R This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the FIR in Crime No.27 of 2025 on the file of the first respondent, registered for the offence under Section 305 of BNS. Page 1 of 4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.9931 of 2025 2. Pending this petition, the parties have decided to bury their hatchet and compromise the dispute amicably among themselves. 3. A Joint Memo of Compromise has been filed before this Court, which has been signed by the petitioner and the defacto complainant and also by their respective counsel. All the parties are present and identified by their respective counsel and the Police. In order to identify the respective parties, they have also produced the copies of the Aadhaar Card are made part of the record. This Court also enquired both the parties and was satisfied that the parties have come to an amicable settlement between themselves. 4. Under such circumstances, no useful purpose will be served in keeping the First Information Report pending, even though, the offences involved are not compoundable in nature. In the light of the guidelines given by the Hon'ble Supreme Court reported in 2017 9 SCC 641-(Parbathbhai Aahir @ Parbathbhai Vs. State of Gujrath), this Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, quashes the FIR in Crime No.27 of 2025 pending investigation on the file of the first respondent. Page 2 of 4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.9931 of 2025 5. In view of the above, the FIR in Crime No.27 of 2025 on the file of the first respondent, is hereby quashed. The terms of Joint Memo of Compromise shall form part and parcel of this Order. The petitioner shall pay a sum of Rs.20,000/-, (Rupees twenty thousand only) as costs, to the Chief Justice Relief Fund, Madras High Court, Tamil Nadu, forthwith and file a photocopy of the receipt along with a memo reporting compliance in the Registry. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Original Petition stands allowed. 07.04.2025 Index : Yes/No Neutral citation : Yes/No Speaking/non-speaking order rts https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.9931 of 2025 G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J. rts To 1.The Inspector of Police, C-2, Elephant Gate Police Station, Chennai. 2. The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Chennai. Crl.O.P.No.9931 of 2025 07.04.2025 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis