Gopinath vs The State Represented By
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                                  BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

                                                   DATED: 28.03.2022

                                                        CORAM:

                                  THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN

                                             Crl.O.P.(MD) No.5627 of 2022

                     1.Gopinath
                     2.Parthasarathi
                     3.Naveen Kumar
                     4.Priyadharshan
                     5.Stephen Raj
                     6.Senthil
                     7.Akash
                     8.Kannan
                     9.Udayakumar
                     10.Sindhu Mohan
                     11.Sriram
                     12.Gopinath
                     13.Stephen Raj
                     14.Karthick
                     15.Suriya Bharathi
                     16.Saravanan                                                   ...Petitioners


                                                                Vs.

                     1. The State Represented by
                        The Sub Inspector of Police,
                        Thideer Nagar Police Station,
                        Madurai District.
                        (Crime No.295 of 2018)

                     2. K.John                                                     ...Respondents


                     PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. praying to
                     call for the record in STC No.554 of 2020,on the file of the Judicial Magistrate
                     V, Madurai and quash the same as devoid of merits.

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                                        For Petitioners     : Mr.A.Haja Mohideen

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


                                                              ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings

in STC No.554 of 2020 on the file of the respondent police.

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.

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

learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent.

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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.554 of 2020,on

the file of the Judicial Magistrate V, Madurai is hereby quashed insofar as the

petitioners alone and the Criminal Original Petition is allowed.

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To

1. The Judicial Magistrate V, MaduraiTo

2. The Sub Inspector of Police, Thideer Nagar Police Station, Madurai District.

3. 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.5627 of 2022

28.03.2022

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