Kerala High Court Quashes FIR Against Actress Lakshmi Menon After Amicable Settlement

The Kerala High Court quashed the FIR and all related proceedings against actress Lakshmi R. Menon and her co-accused in an alleged assault and abduction case, after noting that the dispute with the complainant had been amicably resolved.

Justice C.S. Dias allowed the plea for quashing, observing that both parties had executed an affidavit stating the incident arose from a misunderstanding and that the complainant did not wish to pursue the matter further.

The case stemmed from an August 24 altercation near a Kochi pub, where the complainant, an IT professional, alleged he was restrained and assaulted.

[Midhun Mohan v. State of Kerala and connected matters]