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2025 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 21998
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
G.K. ILANTHIRAIYAN, J
Suresh S Thiyagarajan – Appellant
Versus
The State Rep by The Inspector of Police, SRMC All Women Police Station, Mangadu, Chennai 600 122 – Respondent
Crl.O.P.No.11577 of 2025
For the Appellants/Petitioners: M/s.V.Vargees, Amal Raja
For the Respondents: Mr.A.Gopinath, Mr.A.L.Nagarajan
In criminal proceedings, the Court may quash FIRs based on amicable settlements, even for non-compoundable offences.
Headnote:This Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash FIR in Crime No.6 of 2024 concerning offences under IPC Sections 498(A), 417, 406, and 420. The parties have settled amicably, and the Court is satisfied with the Joint Compromise Memo signed by both parties. Therefore, relying on precedent from Parbathbhai Aahir @ Parbathbhai Vs. State of Gujarat, the Court quashes the FIR.
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| 1. filing of a petition and joint compromise to quash fir. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. court's authority to quash fir based on supreme court guidelines. (Para 4) |
| 3. finalization of the court's decision to allow the petition. (Para 5) |
O R D E R
This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the FIR in Crime No.6 of 2024 on the file of the first respondent, registered for the offences under Sections 498(A), 417, 406 & 420 of IPC.
2. Pending this petition, the parties have decided to bury their hatchet and compromise the dispute amicably among themselves.
3. A Joint Compromise Memo has been filed before this Court, which has been signed by the petitioner and the defacto complainant. All the parties are present and identified by their respective counsel and the Police. In order to identify the respective parties, they have also produced the copies of the Aadhaar Card and it is made part of the record. This Court also enquired both the parties and was satisfied that the parties have come to an amicable settlement between themselves.
4. Under such circumstances, no useful purpose will be served in keeping the First Information Report pending, even though, the offences involved are not compoundable in nature. In the light of the guidelines given by the Hon'ble Supreme Court reported in 2017 9 SCC 641-(Parbathbhai Aahir @ Parbathbhai Vs. State of Gujrath), this Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C., quashes the FIR in Crime No.6 of 2024 pending investigation on the file of the first respondent.
5. In view of the above, the FIR in Crime No.6 of 2024 on the file of the first respondent, is hereby quashed. The terms of Joint Compromise Memo shall form part and parcel of this Order.
6. Accordingly, the Criminal Original Petition stands allowed.
