Sivasubramanian vs Inspector of Police DCB, Kanyakumari District

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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 47059

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
P. Dhanabal, J
Sivasubramanian – Appellant
Versus
Inspector of Police DCB, Kanyakumari District – Respondent
Crl.M.P(MD) No.9237 of 2023

Important Points

When a criminal proceeding has already been closed by a prior order of the Court, a petition filed to quash the FIR in that proceeding becomes infructuous and is liable to be closed.

Subject

Criminal Law - Quashing of FIR

Act Referred

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: S.482

Headnote

The petitioners invoked the inherent powers of this Court under S.482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking to quash the FIR in Crime No.18 of 2023. The petitioners contended that the proceedings were illegal. The Court noted information provided by the respondent that the underlying matter had already been resolved through another order of the Court. The Court addressed the issue of whether the petition remained active for further adjudication. Finding that the primary dispute had been resolved in separate proceedings, the Court determined that the necessity for the current petition had reached a conclusion.

Result: The criminal original petition stands closed along with the connected miscellaneous petition.

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: G.Antoprince
For the Respondents: P.Vetrivel, J.Shakila

Table of Content
1. closure of infructuous petitions due to prior judicial resolution of the subject matter. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)

ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the FIR in Crime No.18 of 2023 on the file of the first respondent

2. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned Government Advocate appearing for the first respondent submitted that the case has been closed as per the order of this Court in Crl.RC(MD) NO. 217 of 2025 and thereby nothing survives for further adjudication in this petition.

3. In view of the same, this Criminal Original Petition stands closed Consequently connected miscellaneous petition stands closed.