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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
L.VICTORIA GOWRI
State of Tamilnadu, Rep. by the Inspector of Police, AWPS – Appellant
Versus
State of Tamilnadu – Respondent
ORDER :
L. VICTORIA GOWRI, J.
The present Criminal Original Petition has been instituted invoking the inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking quashment of the First Information Report in Crime No.29 of 2025 registered on the file of the 1st respondent police for the alleged offences under Sections 498-A, 307 and 506(ii) IPC corresponding to Sections 85, 109 and 351(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act.
2. The petitioners are arrayed as accused Nos.1 to 3 in the impugned FIR. The 1st petitioner is the husband of the 2nd respondent/de-facto complainant and petitioners 2 and 3 are his parents.
3. During the pendency of the present proceedings, the parties have entered into an amicable settlement and have filed a Joint Memorandum of Compromise before this Court. In view of the said subsequent development, this Court is called upon to examine whether continuation of the criminal proceedings would serve any meaningful purpose or whether the same deserves to be terminated in exercise of the inherent powers of t
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