INTHEHIGHCOURTOFKERALAATERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THEHONOURABLEMR.JUSTICEALEXANDERTHOMAS
TUESDAY,THE21STDAYOFMAY2019/31STVAISAKHA,1941
CRL.MC.NO.3435OF2019
AGAINSTALLPROCEEDINGSINCCNO.558/2018OFJUDICIALFIRSTCLASS
MAGISTRATECOURT,KAYAMKULAM
CRIMENO.1918/2017OFKAYAMKULAMPOLICESTATION,ALAPPUZHA
PETITIONER/ACCUSED:
1AJITHGOPI
AGED36YEARS
S/O.GOPI,ASHABAVANAMVEEDU,KOUPPALLIKARAZMAMURI,
PERINGALAVILLAGE,ALAPPUZHA-690559.
2RADHAGOPI
AGED61YEARS
W/O.GOPI,ASHABAVANAMVEEDU,KOUPPALLIKARAZMAMURI,
PERINGALAVILLAGE,ALAPPUZHA-690559.
3GOPI
AGED67YEARS
S/O.NANNU,ASHABAVANAMVEEDU,
KOUPPALLIKARAZMAMURI,PERINGALAVILLAGE,
ALAPPUZHA-690559.
BYADV.SRI.TONYTHOMAS(INCHIPARAMBIL)
RESPONDENTS/DEFACTOCOMPLAINANT:
1STATEOFKERALA
REPRESENTEDBYTHEPUBLICPROSECUTOR,
HIGHCOURTOFKERALA,ERNAKULAM-682031.
2THESUBINSPECTOROFPOLICE
KAYAMKULAMPOLICESTATION,ALAPPUZHA-690502.
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3NIMISHA
AGED25YEARS
D/O.SHOBHANAN,AAYIKKUNNATHUHOUSE,VANMAZHIMURI,
PANDANADUVILLAGE,CHENGANNURTALUK,
ALAPPUZHA-689121.
SRI.SAIGIJACOBPALATTY,PUBLICPROSECUTORFORR1
ANDR2,SRI.E.S.FIROSFORR3
THISCRIMINALMISC.CASEHAVINGCOMEUPFORADMISSIONON
21.05.2019,THECOURTONTHESAMEDAYPASSEDTHEFOLLOWING:
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ALEXANDERTHOMAS,J.
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Datedthisthe21stdayofMay,2019
ORDER
PetitionershereinareaccusedNos.1to3intheimpugnedAnx-AIFIRin
CrimeNo.1918/2017ofKayamkulamPoliceStation,Alappuzhadistrict,
registeredforoffencespunishableunderSecs.498A,37734SectionoftheIndianPenal
Code,whichhasledtotheinstitutionofAnnx.A-IIfinalreportin
C.C.No.558/2018onthefilesoftheJFCM,Kayamkulam.Itisstatedthatnowthe
entiredisputesbetweenthepetitionersandthe3rdrespondentdefacto
complainanthavebeensettledamicablyandthatthe3rdrespondenthasswornto
Anx.A-IIIaffidavitbeforethisCourt,whereinitisstatedthatshehassettledthe
entiredisputeswiththepetitionersandthatshehasnoobjectionforquashment
oftheimpugnedcriminalproceedingspendingagainstthepetitioners.Itisinthe
lightoftheseaspectsthatthepetitionershavepreferredtheinstantCrl.M.C.with
theprayertoquashtheimpugnedcriminalproceedingsagainstthem.
2.Inacatenaofdecisions,theApexCourthasheldthat,inappropriate
casesinvolvingevennon-compoundableoffences,theHighCourtcanquash
prosecutionbyexerciseofthepowersunderSec.482oftheSectionCr.P.C.,iftheparties
havereallysettledthewholedisputeorifthecontinuanceoftheprosecutionwill
notserveanypurpose.Here,thisCourtfindsarealcaseofsettlementbetween
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thepartiesanditisalsofoundthatcontinuanceoftheprosecutioninsucha
situationwillnotserveanypurposeotherthanwastingtheprecioustimeofthe
court,whenthecaseultimatelycomesbeforethecourt.Onaperusalofthe
petitionandonaclosescrutinyoftheinvestigationmaterialsonrecordandthe
affidavitofsettlementandtakingintoaccounttheattendantfactsand
circumstancesofthiscase,thisCourtisoftheconsideredopinionthatthelegal
principleslaiddownbytheApexCourtinthecasesasinSectionGianSinghv.State
ofPunjabreportedin2013(1)SCC(Cri)160(2012)10SCC303and
SectionNarinderSinghandothersv.StateofPunjabandanr.reportedin
(2014)6SCC466,moreparticularlyparagraph29thereof,couldbeappliedin
thiscasetoconsidertheprayerforquashment.
3.Accordingly,itisorderedintheinterestofjusticethattheimpugned
Anx-AIFIR,inCrimeNo.1918/2017ofKayamkulamPoliceStation,Alappuzha
district,whichhasledtotheinstitutionofAnnx.A-IIfinalreportin
C.C.No.558/2018onthefilesoftheJudicialFirstClassMagistrateCourt,
Kayamkulamandallfurtherproceedingsarisingtherefrompendingagainstall
theaccusedwillstandquashed.
Withtheseobservationsanddirections,theaboveCriminal
MiscellaneousCasestandsfinallydisposedof.
Sd/-
ALEXANDERTHOMAS
JUDGE
vgd
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APPENDIX
PETITIONER’S/SEXHIBITS:
ANNEXUREIATRUECOPYOFTHEFIRSTINFORMATIONREPORT
DATEDON11.8.2017.
ANNEXUREAIITRUECOPYOFTHEFINALREPORTDATEDON
28.2.2018.
ANNEXUREAIIITRUECOPYOFTHEAFFIDAVITFILEDBYTHE3RD
RESPONDENT/DEFACTOCOMPLAINANT.
