ORDER

Dated this the 27^th day of January, 2026 The petitioner is the sole accused in C.C.No.216/2021 pending before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-III, Kozhikode, arising out of Crime No.08/2021 of Kakkoor police station. He filed this petition under Section 4 82 of Cr.P.C. praying for quashing all further proceedings against him. The offences alleged against the petitioner is under Section 4 r/w 3 of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019 .

2. The prosecution case is that 18.11.2020, the accused pronounced triple ‘talaq’ upon the defacto complainant, his wife in violation of Section 4 r/w 3 of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019 and thereby he is alleged to have committed the aforesaid offences.

3. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, now the defacto complainant is no more and that the entire dispute between the parties were settled between the petitioner and the legal representatives of the defacto complainant. Therefore, he prayed for quashing all further proceedings against the petitioner.

4. Additional respondents 3 to 6 are the legal representatives of the 2^nd respondent, the defacto complainant. The learned c