IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 24TH MAY 2010 / 3RD JYAISHTA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 588 of 2010() ------------------------ PETITIONER(S): DEFACTO COMPLAINANT: ----------------------------------- MARY CLARE, D/O.JOB CHERIAN, NERIAMPARAMBIL (AMMU) VALLIKKAVU, PARUNNAI, CHANGANACHERRY. BY ADV. SRI.T.A.SHAJI RESPONDENT(S): STATE: --------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM (REPRESENTING THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, CYBER CRIME POLICE STATION KERALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.) PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR.S.U.NAZER THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/05/2010, THE COURT ON 24/05/2010 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. ------------------------------------- Crl.M.C. No.588 of 2010 -------------------------------------- Dated this the 24th day of May, 2010 ORDER Petitioner, who is the de facto complainant in Crime No.2/2010 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, seeks to quash Annexure B, F.I.R and all further proceedings in the above case. 2. The petitioner, who is a 36 years old unmarried lady, registered her name in the matrimonial web site for finding out suitable alliances. 3. The accused Vineed evinced an interest in the proposal. On detailed enquiry made by the petitioner she found that the alliance was not suitable for her and therefore she intimated the same to the accused. Thereafter the accused started blackmailing her by making threatening messages to the effect that her nude photographs prepared by morphing would be published in the website. Thereupon the petitioner filed Annexure A complaint before the Director General of Police. It resulted in the Cyber Crime Police Station registering Annexure B F.I.R against the accused. Crl.M.C. No.588 of 2010 : 2 : 4. According to the petitioner, after she has changed the password of her e-mail, the accused has stopped the offending actions. Petitioner is the only daughter of her ailing parents. She has stated that the investigating process is totally unfriendly to a victim of her nature. She finds it uncomfortable and inconvenient to pursue the matter. She therefore does not wants to prosecute the matter. 5. The learned Public Prosecutor submitted that if the petitioner does not want to prosecute the matter, she can unilaterally terminate the proceedings. Accordingly Annexure B FIR in Crime No.2/2010 of Cyber Crime Police Station is quashed. This Criminal M.C is allowed as above. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE dmb Crl.M.C. No.588 of 2010 : 3 :