The counsel appearing for petitioners submitted that the parties has compromised the matter, and no purpose will be served by keeping the proceedings alive, therefore FIR and other proceedings may be quashed and set aside.
The Madras High Court on Thursday, while maintaining that there are certain exceptions, ruled that the state government is the "appropriate government" ordinarily empowered to suspend or remit sentences imposed on criminal convicts under Section 432 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
The petitioner submitted that the issue of the sanction comes after taking cognizance and not at the registration of FIR stage, according to Section 196 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.