IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 18TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 29TH MAGHA 1929 Crl.MC.No. 641 of 2008() ------------------------ CC.213/1996 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, PALAKKAD .................... PETITIONER: IST ACCUSED ------------------------------ V.VIJAYAKUMAR, S/O.APPU NAIR, RESIDING AT 32/671 A, SAYEE NAGAR, 2ND MAIN ROAD, VIRUGAMPAKKAM, CHENNAI - 600 092, TAMILNADU. BY ADV. SRI.G.HARIHARAN RESPONDENTS: STATE -------------------------- 1. S.I. OF POLICE, TOWN NORTH POLICE STATION, PALAKKAD. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 3. K.SUBRAMANYAN, S/O.LATE KUTTIRAMA MOOTHAN, 29/183, TEMPLE STREET, MOOTHANTHARA, PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI. M.S. BREEZE, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/02/2008, ALONG WITH CRL.MC NO. 668 OF 2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR , J. ========================== CRL.M.C. Nos. 641 & 668 of 2008 ========================== Dated this the 18th day of February, 2008. O R D E R The common petitioner in these petitions filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C is the common accused in C.C. Nos. 213 and 214 of 1996 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Palakkad for offences punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC. He seeks to quash the proceedings before the Chief Judicial Magistrate on the ground that the matter has since been settled between the 3rd respondent and the de facto complainant. 2. Merely because he has settled the dispute with the 3rd respondent, that is not a ground for quashing the proceedings. Out of the offences mentioned above, the offence under Section 420 IPC alone is compoundable and the remaining offences are not compoundable. Hence, the remedy of the petitioner is either to plead for a discharge or to stand trial before the Chief Judicial Magistrate during which course he can raise all the defences available to him in law. Accordingly, reserving this right of the petitioners, these petitions are dismissed. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. rv