A petition to quash an FIR becomes infructuous once the police investigation is completed and the final report is ready, necessitating the petitioner to challenge the final report instead.

PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., call for the entire records pertaining to the case in Crime No. 252 of 2022 pending on the file of the Inspector of Police, Cantonment Police Station, Trichy and quash the same as far as the petitioner is concerned.

ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the FIR in Crime No. 252 of 2022 on the file of the first respondent police.

2. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned Government Advocate appearing for the first respondent submitted that in this case investigation has been completed and final report is made ready and thereby nothing survives for further adjudication in this petition.

3. Since the present petition is to challenge the First Information Report and now after elaborate investigation final report was also made ready, it is for the petitioner to challenge the final report, as there are averments to constitute the offence as per the First Information Report. Therefore this Criminal Original Petition stands closed preserving the liberty of the petitioner to challenge the final report in the manner known to law. Consequently connected miscellaneous petition stands closed.