Crl.O.P.No.7846 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 20.03.2025 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN Crl.O.P.No.7846 of 2025 1. S.Priyakrishnan 2. Senthil 3. Jayalakshmi 4. Selvaraj ... Petitioners Vs. 1. State Rep. By Its The Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station Chidambaram, Cuddalore District. Crime No.1/2020 2. G.Sundarrajan ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to call for the records in C.C.No.428 of 2023 on the file of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pondicherry and quash the same. For Petitioners : Mr.G.Krishna Kumar For R1 : Mr.A.Gopinath Government Advocate (Crl.Side) For R2 : Mr.R.Bhagawat Krishnan https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.7846 of 2025 ORDER This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceeding in C.C.No.428 of 2023 on the file of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pondicherry. 2. Pending this petition, the parties have decided to bury their hatchet and compromise the dispute amicably among themselves. 3. A Memorandum of Understanding has been filed before this Court, which has been signed by the petitioners 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 proceeding pending, even though, the offences involved are not compoundable in nature. In the light of the guidelines given by the https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.7846 of 2025 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 proceeding in C.C.No.428 of 2023 on the file of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pondicherry. 5. In view of the above, the proceedings in C.C.No.428 of 2023 on the file of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pondicherry, is hereby quashed as against the petitioner. The terms of Memorandum of Understanding shall form part and parcel of this Order. Each of the petitioners shall pay a sum of Rs.2,000/-, (Rupees Two Thousand only) as costs, to the Chief Justice Relief Fund, 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. 20.03.2025 Index : Yes/No Neutral citation : Yes/No Speaking/non-speaking order mn https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.7846 of 2025 G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J. mn To 1. The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pondicherry. 2. The Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station Chidambaram, Cuddalore District. 3. The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Chennai. Crl.O.P.No.7846 of 2025 20.03.2025 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis