Crl.O.P.No.12707 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 28.04.2025 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN Crl.O.P.No.12707 of 2025 V.Naresh Kumar ... Petitioner Vs. 1. The State Rep by The Sub Inspector of Police, N-1, Royapuram Police Station, Chennai. Crime No.123 of 2025. 2. N.Thangavinayagam ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to call for the records relating to the FIR in Crime No.123 of 2025 on the file of the Inspector of Police, N-1, Royapuram Police Station, Chennai City and quash the same, as against the petitioner. For Petitioner : Mr.V.Vijaya Kumar For Respondents For R1 : Mr.A.Gopinath Government Advocate (Crl.Side) https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.12707 of 2025 O R D E R This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the FIR in Crime No.123 of 2025 on the file of the first respondent, registered for the offences under Sections 296(b), 115(2) & 351 (2) of BNS. 2. Pending this petition, the parties have decided to bury their hatchet and compromise the dispute amicably among themselves. 3. A Joint Compromise Memo 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. 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 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.12707 of 2025 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.123 of 2025 pending investigation on the file of the first respondent. 5. In view of the above, the FIR in Crime No.123 of 2025 on the file of the first respondent, is hereby quashed. The terms of Joint Compromise Memo shall form part and parcel of this Order. The petitioner shall pay a sum of Rs.5,000/-, (Rupees Five 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. 28.04.2025 Index : Yes/No Neutral citation : Yes/No Speaking/non-speaking order rts https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.12707 of 2025 G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J. rts To 1.The Sub Inspector of Police, N-1, Royapuram Police Station, Chennai. 2. The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Chennai. Crl.O.P.No.12707 of 2025 28.04.2025 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis