IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 13.08.2021 CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE V.BHAVANI SUBBAROYAN Crl.O.P. No.3055 of 2017 and Crl. M.P. No.2224 of 2017 J. Gopal Butani ...Petitioner Vs.

1. The State rep. by The Inspector of Police, B-2, R.S. Puram Police Station, Coimbatore.

2. Ramesh Bafna ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., to quash the FIR in Crime No.890 of 2016 pending on the file of the 1st respondent.

For Petitioner : Mr. Udaya P.S. Menon For Respondent-1 : Mr.E. Raj Thilak (Counsel for Govt. (Crl. Side))

For Respondent-2 : No Appearance *****

O R D E R

This Criminal Original petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking for to quash the FIR in Crime No.890 of 2016 pending on the file of the 1st respondent.

2. The learned Government Advocate (Crl. Side) submitted that the petitioner is acquitted in the main case in C.C. No.423 of 2017 by order dated 21.11.2019 of the Judicial Magistrate-I, Coimbatore, who has been registered in Crime No.890 of 2016. Hence, nothing survives in this petition for further adjudication.

3.Recording the aforesaid submissions made by the Government Advocate (Crl. Side), this Criminal Original Petition stands dismissed as infrucutuos. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed if any.

13.08.2021 lbm Index : Yes / No Speaking order/Non-speaking order To:

1. The Inspector of Police, B-2, R.S. Puram Police Station, Coimbatore.

2. The Additional Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras, Chennai.

V.BHAVANI SUBBAROYAN.,J lbm and Crl. M.P. No.2224 of 2017

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