BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 10.12.2019 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.R.SWAMINATHAN Crl.O.P(MD)No.17164 of 2016 and M.P.(MD)Nos.8493 and 8494 of 2016

1.Joseph Charles

2.Arockiasamy 3.Baby Ajintha 4.Jeeva Fatima

5.Arul Christopher

6.Reeta

7.Jessi ... Petitioners Vs

1.State:

rep. by Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station-South, Madurai City.

(Crime No.8/2015).

2.Sakthidevi ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Section 482 Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for records pertaining to the C.C.No.22 of 2016, pending on the file of the learned Additional Mahila Court, Madurai and quash the proceedings as against the petitioners herein.

For Petitioners : Mr.S.R.Paul Sukumar For R1 : Mr.A.Robinson Government Advocate (Crl.side)

ORDER

The petitioners are facing trial in C.C.No.22 of 2016 on the file of the Additional Mahila Court, Madurai. The second respondent herein is the defacto complainant. The marriage between the first petitioner and the defacto complainant took place on 23.08.2009 at Coimbatore as per Christian Rites and Customs. Two male children were born through the wedlock. The marital relationship appears to have come under strain. The first petiti