IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 23RD JULY 2010 / 1ST SRAVANA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 2799 of 2010() ------------------------- CC.668/2008 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-II, PERINTHALMANNA .................... PETITIONER(S): ACCUSED ---------------------- M.K.BHARGHAVI, D/O.AYYAPPAN, MELOTTUMKAVIL HOUSE, CHERIYAM DESOM, MANKADA DESOM, PERINTHALMANNA TALUK, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.U.K.DEVIDAS RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT/STATE -------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE S.I. OF POLICE, PANDIKKAD THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. A.P.ABDUL KAREEM, S/O.KUNHIMOIDEEN, CHEMBRASSERI AMSOM, ERNAD TALUK, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR.C.S.HRITHWIK THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. ------------------------------------- Crl.M.C. No. 2799 OF 2010 -------------------------------------- Dated this the 23rd day of July, 2010 ORDER Petitioner, who is the sole accused in Crime No.48/2006 of Pandikkad Police Station for an offence punishable under Section 420 IPC and now pending before the J.F.C.M Court-II, Perinthalmanna as C.C.No.141/2006, seeks to quash the proceedings against him on the ground that the matter has been settled between the de facto complainant, 2nd respondent and the petitioner as evidenced by Annexure B affidavit. The counsel appearing for the 2nd respondent also admitted the fact of settlement. Section 420 IPC being a compoundable offence the said settlement can be treated as a composition which is accepted. The proceedings pending before the J.F.C.M Court-II, Perinthalmanna as C.C.No.141/2006 shall stand quashed. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE dmb