High Court Kerala High Court

Santha Sivan vs Kaladharan on 14 December, 2010

Kerala High Court
Santha Sivan vs Kaladharan on 14 December, 2010
       

  

  

 
 
  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

Crl.MC.No. 4573 of 2010()


1. SANTHA SIVAN, W/O.SIVAN, EEZHUVAN
                      ...  Petitioner

                        Vs



1. KALADHARAN, S/O.MADHAVA PANICKER,
                       ...       Respondent

2. RAMESH CHANDRAN, S/O.CHANDRASEKHARAN,

3. M.V.RANA, S/O.VELU,

4. ESMAIL, S/O.ABDUL RAHMAN,

5. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,

6. STATE REP; BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,

                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.K.ANIL

                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The Hon'ble MR. Justice M.SASIDHARAN NAMBIAR

 Dated :14/12/2010

 O R D E R

M.Sasidharan Nambiar, J.

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Crl.M.C.Nos.4573 & 4740 of 2010

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COMMON ORDER

Petitioner is the defacto complainant in C.C.No

2741/2010 on the file of Judicial First Class

Magistrate’s Court, Irinjalakuda, taken cognizance

for the offences under Sections 465, 468, 471 and

417 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code.

Crl.M.C.No.4573/2010 is filed to quash the case

against respondents 1 to 4, accused 1 to 4 and

Crl.M.C.No.4740/2010 is filed to quash the case

against the first respondent, the fifth accused,

contending that entire disputes were settled

amicably and consequent to the settlement, it is

not in the interest of justice to continue the

prosecution.

2. Prosecution case is that five accused, in

furtherance of their common intention, showing that

out of the consideration of Rs.3,30,000/- fixed,

Rs.2,90,000/- was paid as advance and agreed to

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sell the property and forged an agreement for sale

and instituted suits as O.S.No.498/2006 before

Munsiff’s Court, Irinjalakuda and O.S.No.174/2006

before Sub Court, Irinjalakuda against petitioner

and thereby committed the offences. Petitioner

would contend that on the intervention of

mediators, all the disputes with the accused were

settled amicably and hence, it is not in the

interest of justice to continue the prosecution.

2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner

and learned Public Prosecutor were heard.

3. Offences alleged against the accused are

purely personal in nature against the petitioner,

the defacto complainant. It is the defacto

complainant herself, who has filed this petition

contending that entire disputes with the accused

were settled amicably. As held by the Apex Court in

Madan Mohan Abbot v. State of Punjab (2008 (3) KLT

19) and Manoj Sharma v. State (2008 (4) KLT 417),

when the offences alleged are purely personal in

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nature and petitioner has settled all the disputes

with the accused, it is not in the interest of

justice to continue the prosecution as there is no

likelihood of a successful prosecution.

Petitions are allowed. C.C.No.2741/2010 on the

file of Judicial First Class Magistrate’s Court,

Irinjalakuda is quashed.

14th December, 2010 (M.Sasidharan Nambiar, Judge)
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