BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED:10.06.2011 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.S.RAMANATHAN Crl.O.P.(MD).No.6804 of 2011 and M.P.Nos.2 and 3 of 2011 Gunasekaran :Petitioner/Respondent -Vs- Mohanapriya :Respondent/Petitioner PRAYER : Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the records relating to M.C.No.5 of 2009 on the file of Judicial Magistrate, Karaikudi and quash the same. For Petitioner : Mr.V.Sitharanjandas ORDER This application is filed to quash the proceedings in M.C.No.5 of 2009 on the file of Judicial Magistrate, Karaikudi, initiated by the respondent herein against the petitioner. 2.It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no proof adduced by the respondent to the effect that she is residing within the Karaikudi Judicial Magistrate Court limit and except the address given in the cause title, she has not produced any proof and therefore, Karaikudi Judicial Magistrate has no jurisdiction and on that ground, it has to be quashed. 3.According to me, before going into the merits of the case, even assuming that the respondent herein is not residing within the jurisdiction limits of the Judicial Magistrate Court, Karaikudi, as alleged by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the proceedings initiated by the respondent herein in M.C.No.5 of 2009 cannot be quashed and it can only be transferred. Hence, I do not find any reason to entertain this application. Accordingly, the Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petitions are also dismissed. Sd/- Deputy Registrar (Accounts) / TRUE COPY / Assistant Registrar To: The Judicial Magistrate, Karaikudi. +1CC to Mr.V.Sitharanjandas, Advocate. SR.No.18001. Rj2 Crl.O.P.(MD).No.6804 of 2011 and RP/28.06.2011/1P/3C. M.P.Nos.2 and 3 of 2011, 10.06.2011. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/