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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 49244

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
P. Dhanabal, J
N. Rajasekar – Appellant
Versus
Sub Inspector Of Police – Respondent
Crl.O.P.(MD)No.16991 of 2023|Crl.M.P(MD) No.13504 of 2023

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: K. Muthu Ganesa Pandian
For the Respondents: P. Vetrivel, P. Ponraj

When a criminal trial concludes in acquittal, a pending petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the preceding FIR becomes infructuous and is liable to be closed.

Headnote:The petitioners invoked the jurisdiction of the Court under S. 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking to quash a First Information Report. The facts indicate that the underlying criminal case had already reached a conclusion at the trial level. The primary issue was whether the petition for quashing the FIR remained maintainable despite the disposal of the main criminal case by the trial court. The Court observed that since the accused had been acquitted by the trial court, the substratum of the complaint no longer existed. The Court ordered that the Criminal Original Petition and the connected miscellaneous petition stand closed as infructuous.

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1. dismissal of quash petitions rendered infructuous by trial court acquittal. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)

PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C.,, to call for the records relating to the impugned FIR in Crime No. 59 of 2023 on the file of the first respondent and quash the same.

ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the First Information Report in Crime No.59 of 2023 pending investigation on the file of the first respondent police.

2. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned Government Advocate(Crl.Side) appearing for the first respondent submitted that already main case itself was disposed of by the trial Court by acquitting the accused and thereby nothing survives for further adjudication in this petition.

3. In view of the said submission of Government Advocate(Crl.side), the Criminal Original Petition stands closed. Consequently connected miscellaneous petition stands closed.

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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 49244

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRASP. Dhanabal, JN. Rajasekar – AppellantVersusSub Inspector Of Police – RespondentCrl.O.P.(MD)No.16991 of 2023|Crl.M.P(MD) No.13504 of 2023

When a criminal trial concludes in acquittal, a pending petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the preceding FIR becomes infructuous and is liable to be closed.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
P. Dhanabal, J
N. Rajasekar – Appellant
Versus
Sub Inspector Of Police – Respondent
Crl.O.P.(MD)No.16991 of 2023|Crl.M.P(MD) No.13504 of 2023