IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
C.PRATHEEP KUMAR, J
AZARUDHEEN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
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| 1. amicable settlement leads to quashing of proceedings. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 2. non-heinous nature of dispute justifies court's intervention to quash proceedings. (Para 6) |
O R D E R
This is a petition filed under Section 528 of B.N.S.S. , by the accused 1 to 3 in Crime No.408 of 2025 of Tirur Police Station, Malappuram, which is pending as C.P.No.53 of 2025 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate’s Court, Tirur. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under Sections 316(2), 85 and
75(1)(i) r/w 3(5) BNS).
2. The prosecution case is that the 1st accused being the husband of the defacto complainant and the other accused being his relatives subjected her to cruelty both physically and mentally on the ground of dowry and misappropriated her gold and thereby they alleged to have committed the aforesaid offence.
3. According to the petitioners, the dispute has been settled with the defacto complainant/victim/ respondent No.2 and she agreed to drop all further proceedings relating to the above dispute. Therefore, the petitioners prayed for quashing all further proceedings against them.
4. The Defacto complainant/victim filed affidavit endorsing the aver
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