IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALEXANDER THOMAS
TUESDAY, THE 29TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2019 / 7TH KARTHIKA, 1941
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CRIME NO.1829/2018 OF Mecical College Police Station ,
Thiruvananthapuram
PETITIONERS/ACCUSED 1 TO 3:
1 DR.JERIN
AGED 28 YEARS
S/O JEROD,MATHA SADANAM,PUTHANKADA,
NEYYATTINKARA,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695121.
2 JEROD,
AGED 58 YEARS
S/O VARGHESE,MATHA SADANAM,
PUTHANKADA,NEYYATTINKARA,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695121.
3 SUKUMARI,
AGED 53 YEARS
W/O JEROD,MATHA SADANAM,
PUTHANKADA,NEYYATTINKARA,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695121.
BY ADV. SRI.LIJU. M.P
RESPONDENTS/DE FACTO COMPLAINANT STATE:
1 DR.SUSHA
D/O STELLA,MISPAH,TC 1/1934(1),
HSKRA 13,HS LANE,MEDICAL COLLEGE.P.O,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695024.
2 STATE OF KERALA,
REP.BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,
HIGH COURT OF KERALA,
ERNAKULAM-682031.
R1 BY ADV. A.YAHIAKHAN
OTHER PRESENT:
SRI.T.R.RENJITH, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON
29.10.2019, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
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ALEXANDER THOMAS, J.
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Dated this the 29th day of October, 2019
ORDER
The petitioners herein are the accused in the impugned Anx-A
FIR in Crime No.1829/2018 of Medical College Police Station,
Thiruvananthapuram District, which has been registered for offences
punishable under Secs.498A and 34 of the SectionI.P.C on the basis of a
complaint filed by the 1st respondent/defacto complainant. It is
stated that now the entire disputes between the petitioners and the
1st respondent/defacto complainant have been settled amicably and
that the 1st respondent has sworn to Anx-B affidavit before this
Court, wherein it is stated that she has settled the entire disputes
with the petitioners and that she has no objection for quashment of
the impugned criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners.
It is in the light of these aspects that the petitioners have preferred
the instant Crl.M.C. with the prayer to quash the impugned criminal
proceedings against them.
2. In a catena of decisions, the Apex Court has held that,
in appropriate cases involving even non-compoundable offences,
the High Court can quash prosecution by exercise of the powers
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under Sec.482 of the SectionCr.P.C., if the parties have really settled the
whole dispute or if the continuance of the prosecution will not
serve any purpose. Here, this Court finds a real case of settlement
between the parties and it is also found that continuance of the
prosecution in such a situation will not serve any purpose other
than wasting the precious time of the court, when the case
ultimately comes before the court. On a perusal of the petition and
on a close scrutiny of the investigation materials on record and the
affidavits of settlement and taking into account the attendant facts
and circumstances of this case, this Court is of the considered
opinion that the legal principles laid down by the Apex Court in
the cases as in SectionGian Singh v. State of Punjab reported in 2013 (1)
SCC (Cri) 160 (2012) 10 SCC 303 and SectionNarinder Singh and others
v. State of Punjab and anr. reported in (2014) 6 SCC 466, more
particularly paragraph 29 thereof, could be applied in this case to
consider the prayer for quashment.
3. Accordingly, it is ordered in the interest of justice that
the impugned Anx-A FIR in Crime No.1829/2018 of Medical College
Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District and all further
proceedings arising therefrom pending against the accused will
stand quashed.
The petitioners will produce certified copy of this order
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before the court below concerned as well as the Investigating
officer concerned. The office of the Advocate General will also
forward a certified copy of this order to the Investigating Officer
concerned.
With these observations and directions, the above Criminal
Miscellaneous Case stands finally disposed of.
sd/-
ALEXANDER THOMAS, JUDGE.
acd
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APPENDIX
PETITIONER’S/S EXHIBITS:
ANNEXURE A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE FIR ALONG WITH
PRIVATE COMPLAINT IN CRIME
NO.1829/2019 OF MEDICAL COLLAGE POLICE
STATION,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
ANNEXURE B ORIGINAL OF THE AFFIDAVIT DATED
05.10.2019 EXECUTED BY THE 1ST
RESPONDENT/DEFACTO COMPLAINANT.
True Copy
P.S. To Judge.