CRL MP/4463/2024 of DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT Vs SYLVANUS KING PETER

CRL MP No. 4463 of 2024 __________ Page1 of 4 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 22-04-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.K. ILANTHIRAIYAN CRL MP No. 4463 of 2024 in Crl.O.P.No.26975 of 2023 Directorate Of Enforcement Chennai Zonal Office-1, Government Of India, 5th And 6th Floor, Bsnl Admn. Building, No.2, Kushkumar Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 600 034. Represented By Its Assistant Director ..Petitioner(s) Vs 1. Sylvanus King Peter S/o.Chelliah Sathayamoorthy, Old No.44, New No.39, 47th Street, 9th Avenue, Ashok Nagar, Chennai - 600 083. 2. Anitha Bai Sylvanus King Peter W/o.Sylvanus King Peter, Old No.44, New No.39, 47th Street, 9th Avenue, Ashok Nagar, Chennai - 600 083. 3. Sally Melissa D/o.Sylvanus King Peter, Old No.44, New No.39, 47th Street, 9th Avenue, Ashok Nagar, Chennai - 600 083. 4. The Inspector Of Police Edf-ii, Team - Ii, Central Crime Branch - 1, Chennai - 600 007. 5. Balasubramaniamsriram S/o.Shri.J.Balasubramaniam, No.15/8, 1st Floor, Kasturi Estate, 1st Street, Poes Garden, Alwarpet, Chennai - 600 018. ..Respondent(s) https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL MP No. 4463 of 2024 __________ Page2 of 4 Prayer: This petition is filed under section 482 of Cr.P.C to permi t the petitioner/Proposed 3rd Respondent, to be impleaded as 3 rd Respondent in Crl.O.P.No.26975 of 2023 and pass such or other order as this Court may be fi t and proper in the interest of Justice. For petitioner :Mr.N. Ramesh SPL PP for ED For Respondents 1 -3 : M/s Jayasudha For Respondent 4 : Mr.K.M.D. Muhilan,APP For Respondent 5 : Mr.V. Prakash, SR counsel for Mr.N. Damodaran ORDER This petition is filed to implead the petitioner herein as 3 rd respondent in Crl.O.P.No.26975 of 2023. 2. The Crl.O.P.No.26975 of 2023 was filed to quash the F.I.R in Cr.No. 201 of 2023 on the file of the fourth respondent herein. Pending investigati on the respondents 1-3 herein and the 5th respondent herein compromised the issue. Since the offence registered in the Cr.No. 201 of 2023 is compoundable i n nature and the parties have amicably settled the issue, this Court vide order dated 07.02.2024 allowed the above Crl.O.P and quashed the F.I.R. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL MP No. 4463 of 2024 __________ Page3 of 4 3. After a period of 3 years the petitioner has filed this quash petition to implead him as 3 rd Respondent in the above Crl.O.P. Since the matter has already disposed the question of impleading does not arise and nothing is pending in Crl.O.P.No.26975 of 2023. That apart the petitioner has no role to implead him in the F.I.R on the file of the 4th respondent in Cr.No. 201 of 2023. Since the dispute between the respondents 1 to 3 herein and the 5 th respondent are amicably settled and this Court has quashed the F.I.R this Cour t does not find any merits in this impleading petition. Accordingly this peti tion is dismissed. 22-04-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Neutral Citation: Yes/No SMN To. 1. The Inspector Of Police Edf-II, Team - II, Central Crime Branch - 1, Chennai - 600 007. 2. The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CRL MP No. 4463 of 2024 __________ Page4 of 4 G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J. smn CRL MP No. 4463 of 2024 in Crl.O.P.No.26975 of 2023 22-04-2026 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis