IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALEXANDER THOMAS
WEDNESDAY, THE 20TH DAY OF MARCH 2019 / 29TH PHALGUNA, 1940
CRL.MC.NO. 2174 OF 2019
CRIME NO. 35/2019 OF POTHUKAL POLICE STATION , MALAPPURAM
PETITIONERS:
1 SHIBIN VARGHESE, AGED 30 YEARS,
S/O VARGHESE, ATTUPURATH HOUSE, UPPADA P.O.
NILAMBUR TALUK, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT-673 334
2 KALARAMMA, AGED 53 YEARS,
W/O VARGHESE, ATTUPURATH HOUSE, UPPADA P.O.
NILAMBUR TALUK, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT-673 334
3 POLSON @ SHINE VARGHESE, AGED 34 YEARS,
S/O VARGHESE, ATTUPURATH HOUSE, UPPADA P.O.
NILAMBUR TALUK, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT-673 334
BY ADVS.
SRI.K.M.JAMALUDHEEN
SMT.LATHA PRABHAKARAN
RESPONDENTS:
1 STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,
HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM
(INSTRUCTIONS THROUGH THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER,
POTHUKAL POLICE STATION IN MALAPPURAM DISTRICT)
2 AISWARYA.M.JOLLY, AGED 23 YEARS,
D/O JOLLY JOSEPH, MUKKANOLIKKAL HOUSE, ULIKKAL
P.O.ERUTHKADAVU, VAYATHUR VILLAGE,
ULIKKAL PANCHAYATH, IRITTY TALUK, KANNUR DISTRICT
(WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF IRITTY POLICE STATION
IN KANNUR DISTRICT-670 705)
SRI.AMJAD ALI, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR FOR R1,
SMT.T.J.SEEMA FOR R2
SMT.BHAVANA VELAYUDHAN
THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON
20.03.2019, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
ALEXANDER THOMAS, J.
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Dated this the 20th day of March, 2019
ORDER
The petitioners herein are the accused in the impugned
Anx.1 FIR in Crime No.35/2019 of Pothukal Police Station,
Malappuram district, registered for offences punishable under
Secs.498A, 406, 313, 506(1), 354A r/w 34 of the IPC and
Sec.119(b) of the Kerala Police Act, 2011. It is stated that now the
entire disputes between the petitioners and 2nd respondent defacto
complainant have been settled amicably and that the 2 nd
respondent has sworn to an 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,
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the High Court can quash prosecution by exercise of the powers
under Sec.482 of the Cr.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
affidavit 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 Gian Singh v. State of Punjab reported in 2013 (1)
SCC (Cri) 160 (2012) 10 SCC 303 and Narinder 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
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the impugned Anx.1 FIR in Crime No.35/2019 of Pothukal Police
Station, Malappuram district and all further proceedings arising
therefrom pending against the accused persons will stand quashed.
With these observations and directions, the Criminal
Miscellaneous Case stands finally disposed of.
Sd/-
ALEXANDER THOMAS,
JUDGE
MMG
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APPENDIX
PETITIONERS’ EXHIBITS:
ANNEXURE 1 CERTIFIED COPY OF THE FIR IN CRIME NO
0035/2019 OF POTHUKAL POLICE STATION
DATED 1.2.2019 ALONG WITH FIRST
INFORMATION STATEMENT OF THE 2ND
RESPONDENT
ANNEXURE 2 TRUE COPY OF THE AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY
THE PETITIONERS AND THE 2ND RESPONDENT