O RDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in S.T.C.No.467 of 2022 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate No.I, Padmanabhapuram, against the petitioner herein.

2. The case of the prosecution is that due to previous enmity between the petitioner and the second respondent with regard to the business unit done by the second respondent, the petitioner herein abused the second respondent by using filthy language and threatened her with dire consequences. Hence, the second respondent made a complaint before the first respondent and the first respondent registered a case in Crime No.171 of 2021 and the respondent Police thereafter conducted investigation and on completion of investigation, they filed a charge sheet before the learned Judicial Magistrate No.I, Padmanabhapuram and the same was taken on file in S.T.C.No.467 of 2022. Challenging the same, the present petition has been filed.

3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner and the second respondent are neighbours. He would further submit that during the pendency of the case since the matter has been settled between the parties, there is no need or n