IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 28TH JULY 2010 / 6TH SRAVANA 1932 Crl.MC.No. 2958 of 2010() ------------------------- CRMP.1700/2010 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, ERNAKULAM .................... (CRIME NO.1163/2010 OF PALARIVATTOM POLICE STATION) PETITIONER(S): --------------- SIDDIQUE, PROP YATHRA COACH MUVATTUPUZHA ROAD, THODUPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.ABRAHAM K.JOHN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. K.A.ABOOBACKER, AGED 72 YEARS S/O. ABDU, KARUKAPADATH HOUSE VENNALA PO, KOCHI-28 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP BY S.I.OF POLICE PALARIVATTOM POLICE STATION, PALARIVATTOM THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT F KERALA, ERNAKULAM. ADV. SRI.P.G.PRAMOD FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.KAMMAPPU THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. --------------------------------- Crl.M.C.No.2958 of 2010 ---------------------------------- Dated this the 28th day of July, 2010 ORDER The petitioner who is the accused in Crime No.1163 of 2010 of Palarivattom Police Station for an offence punishable under Section 379 I.P.C. involving a stage carriage bus, seeks to quash the proceedings for the reason that the above case came to be registered as a result of a communication gap between the first respondent/complainant and the petitioner and that the matter has since been settled between the parties as per an agreement dated 22/7/2010. 2. The learned counsel appearing for the first respondent/complainant also submitted that the matter has been settled and that he has no subsisting grievance in the matter. 3. The petitioner may produce a copy of the agreement before the investigating officer. If, in spite of Crl.M.C.No.2958/2010 : 2 : that the petitioner is charge sheeted by the police he will be entitled to challenge the same in appropriate proceedings. The petitioner shall not be harassed by the police during the course of investigation. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE skj