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Crl.O.P.No.14635 of 2026IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRASDATED : 12.06.2026CORAM :THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE M.NIRMAL KUMARCrl.O.P.No.14635 of 2026 Rajadhurai.. PetitionerVersus1. The State represented by The Inspector of Police, Coimbatore District Cyber Crime Police Station, CCD-II, Coimbatore.

Keerthika .. RespondentsPrayer : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 528 of BNSS, to call for the records in Crime No.37 of 2022 on the file of the 1st respondent and to quash the entire proceedings against the petitioner. For Petitioner: Mr.A.Arshad KhanFor Respondents: Mr.A.Amarnath, Counsel for Government of Tamil Nadu (Criminal Side), for R1: Ms.N.Priya, for R21/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.14635 of 2026ORDERThe petitioner, who is the accused in Crime No.37 of 2022 dated 26.10.2022 for offences under Sections 354A, 354D of the Indian Penal Code; Sections 66D, 67 and 67A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 2002, on the file of the first respondent Police, has filed this Criminal Original Petition on the ground of compromise.2. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner has screen recorded the obscene whatsapp video call of the second respondent and threatened her and that the petitioner has created a fake Facebook ID of the second respondent and uploaded the private picture of the petitioner and the second respondent. On the complaint of the second respondent, the first respondent Police registered F.I.R in Crime No.37 of 2022 for offences under Sections 354A, 354D of the Indian Penal Code; Sections 66D, 67 and 67A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 2002 against the petitioner.

The case is at the stage of investigation. By passage of time, 2/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.14635 of 2026the parties have decided to bury their hatchet and compromise the dispute amicably among themselves.

Today, the petitioner and the second respondent appeared before this Court and their identity is confirmed by Ms.Kavitha, Inspector of Police attached to the first respondent Police Station. This Court also enquired both the parties and was satisfied that the parties have come to an amicable settlement between themselves. The petitioner and the second respondent got married on 30.04.2025 at the petitioner’s house and the marriage certificate was also produced before this Court. Now, they are not willing to further proceed with the case and filed an affidavit to that effect.

Under such circumstances, no useful purpose will be served in keeping the First Information Report pending, even though, the offences involved are not compoundable in nature. In the light of the guidelines given by the Hon'ble Supreme Court reported in (2017) 9 SCC 641 -(Parbathbhai Aahir @ Parbathbhai Vs. State of Gujrath), and after exercising due caution as advised by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Dhruv Gurjar and Another reported in 3/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.14635 of 2026(2019) 2 MLJ Crl 10, this Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C., is inclined to quash the F.I.R.6. This Criminal Original Petition stands allowed and as a sequel, the F.I.R in Crime No.37 of 2022, dated 26.10.2022 on the file of the first respondent Police is quashed against the petitioner.12.06.2026Index: yes/noSpeaking order/Non-speaking orderNeutral Citation: yes/nogrsTo1. The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras.2. The Inspector of Police, Coimbatore District Cyber Crime Police Station, CCD-II, Coimbatore. 4/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.14635 of 2026M.NIRMAL KUMAR, J.grsCrl.O.P.No.14635 of 202612.06.20265/5