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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AGAINST JUDGMENT IN CC 1087/2016 OF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST
CLASS -II,TRIVANDRUM
CRIME NO.1407/2015 OF Poonthura Police Station ,
Thiruvananthapuram
PETITIONER/S:
NISHAD
AGED 31 YEARS
S/O.SIRAJUDHEEN, MUTTATHARA VILLAGE, TC.48/450/6,
SWAGHATH NAGAR, AMBHALATHARA WARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
DISTRICT, KERALA, INDIA, PIN-695009.
BY ADV. SRI.NAVEEN RADHAKRISHNAN
RESPONDENT/S:
1 STATE OF KERALA,
REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF
KERALA, ERNAKULAM-682031.
2 HAYARUNNISA S.,
D/O.JALALUDEEN, AGED 28 YEARS, TC.46/344,
S.A.H.MANZIL, PALLYSTREET, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
DISTRICT, KERALA, INDIA-695036.
R2 BY ADV. K. REMIYA RAMACHANDRAN
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 petitioner herein is the accused in the impugned Crime
No.1407/2015 of Poonthura Police Station, Thiruvananthapurm
District, which has been registered for offences punishable under
Sec.498A of the SectionI.P.C and Sec.3 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, on
the basis of a complaint filed by the 2 nd respondent/defacto
complainant and which has led to the institution of Annex-A1 final
report in C.C.No.1407/2015 on the file of the Judicial First Class
Magistrate Court-II, Thiruvananthapuram. It is stated that now the
entire disputes between the petitioner and the 2 nd respondent/defacto
complainant have been settled amicably and that 2 nd respondent has
sworn to Anx-A3 affidavit before this Court, wherein it is stated that
she has settled the entire disputes with the petitioner and that she has
no objection for quashment of the impugned criminal proceedings
pending against the petitioner. It is in the light of these aspects that
the petitioner has preferred the instant Crl.M.C. with the prayer to
quash the impugned criminal proceedings against him.
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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
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 Crime No.1407/2015 of Poonthura Police Station,
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Thiruvananthapuram District, which has led to the institution of
Annex-A1 final report in C.C.No.1407/2015 on the file of Judicial
First Class Magistrate Court-II, Thiruvananthapuram and all further
proceedings arising therefrom pending against the accused will
stand quashed.
The petitioner will produce certified copy of this order 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 A1 THE CERTIFIED COPY OF THE FINAL REPORT
ON THE FILES HON’BLE JUDICIAL FIRST
CLASS MAGISTRATE COURT-2,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM CRIME NO.1407/2015
OF POONTHURA POLICE STATION,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT.
ANNEXURE A2 THE TRUE COPY OF THE SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT ENTERED BETWEEN THE
PETITIONER AND THE SECOND RESPONDENT.
ANNEXURE A3 THE AFFIDAVIT SWORN BY THE SECOND
RESPONDENT STATING SETTLEMENT OF ALL
THE DISPUTES WITH THE PETITIONER
HEREIN.