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Murugan vs The State Represented By
2022 Latest Caselaw 6882 Mad

Citation : 2022 Latest Caselaw 6882 Mad
Judgement Date : 1 April, 2022

Madras High Court
Murugan vs The State Represented By on 1 April, 2022
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                                  BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

                                                      DATED: 01.04.2022

                                                          CORAM:

                                  THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN

                                              Crl.O.P.(MD) No.6045 of 2022
                                                           and
                                              Crl.M.P(MD) No.4214 of 2022

                     1. Murugan
                     2. Thilagaraj
                     3. Karthikrajaji
                     4. Mohanraj
                     5. Manikandan
                     6. Vishnu alias Vishnudoss
                     7. Jawahar
                     8. Micharaja
                     9. Indrajith
                     10. Kanagaraj
                     11. Mathivanan
                     12. Ramesh
                     13. Kalieshwaran alias kalirajan
                     14. Ananth alias Pasupathipandian
                     15. Karuppasamy
                     16. Karthick                                                ...Petitioners


                                                                  Vs.

                     1. The State represented by,
                        The Inspector of Police,
                        Allinagaram Police Station,
                        Theni District.
                        (Crime No.372 of 2017)

                     2. S.Saravana Devendaran                                    ...Respondents


                     PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. praying to
                     call for the records relating to the proceedings in STC.No.11198 of 2017 on
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                     the file of the Judicial Magistrate, Theni and quash the same as against
                     petitioners.


                                        For Petitioners     : Mr.M.Karthikeya Venkitachalapathy

                                        For Respondents     : Mr.R.M.Anbunithi
                                        No.1                  Additional Public Prosecutor


                                                            ORDER

The Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings

in STC.No.11198 of 2017 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Theni.

2.The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners would submit that

the facts of the case are exactly similar to the case covered in the decision

reported in 2018 2 LW (Crl) 606 [Jeevanandham and others vs. The

Inspector of Police Velayuthampalayam Police Station, Karur

District] dated 20.09.2018 and in the case of Sri Raja vs Inspector of

Police, Sivakasi Town Police Station Virudhunagar District and other

in batch of cases in Crl.O.P(MD) No.7922 of 2019 dated 30.08.2019

3. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the

respondent would submit that the facts of the case are similar to the facts

covered under the Judgment referred above.

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4.Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and the

learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent.

5. Perused the materials on record

6.The facts of this case is similar to the facts covered by the Judgment

of this Court reported in 2018 2 LW (Crl) 606 [Jeevanandham and

others vs. The Inspector of Police Velayuthampalayam Police

Station, Karur District] dated 20.09.2018 and in case of Sri Raja vs

Inspector of Police, Sivakasi Town Police Station Virudhunagar

District and other in batch of cases in Crl.O.P(MD) No.7922 of 2019

dated 30.08.2019. Accordingly, the proceedings in STC.No.11198 of 2017

on the file of the Judicial Magistrate, Theni is hereby quashed insofar as the

petitioners alone and the Criminal Original Petition is allowed. Consequently,

connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

01.04.2022

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

To

1. The Inspector of Police, Allinagaram Police Station, Theni District.

2. The Additional Public Prosecutor Madurai Bench of Madras High Court

https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN.J.,

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Crl.O.P.(MD) No.6045 of 2022 and Crl.M.P(MD) No.4214 of 2022

01.04.2022 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

 
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