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M. NIRMAL KUMAR
Fatima Faridunnisa – Appellant
Versus
M. O. H. Iqbal – Respondent
JUDGMENT
(Prayer: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the records in STC.No.31 of 2017 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate, Puducherry.)
The petitioner, who is accused in S.T.C.No.31 of 2017 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Puducherry facing trial for the offence under Section 500 of IPC, filed this quash petition.
2. The gist of the private complaint filed by the respondent is that the respondent along with his three brothers were partners in a firm, M/s.M.O.Hasan Kuthoos Maricar. The petitioner is the wife of respondent-s brother M.O.H.Aslam. Differences arose between M.O.H.Aslam on the one hand and other partners, which lead to filing of a suit in O.S.No.206 of 1978 on the file of the Sub Court, Puducherry, seeking relief of dissolution of partnership, rendition of accounts, etc. He also claimed certain properties which were set out in Schedules -A- to -E-. The case ultimately ended in a compromise before the Apex Court in Civil Appeal Nos.4512-4513 of 1999 on 28.02.2006. As per the compromise, the respondent herein to pay a lumpsum of Rs.1 Crore including interest in full satisfaction and as final s
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