Supreme Court quashes 2011 rape case in opposition to Naam Tamilar Katchi chief Seeman after events conform to resolve dispute

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday (October 8, 2025), quashed a ‘rape’ case registered in opposition to Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator S. Seeman by a Tamil actor in 2011, after each events agreed to amicably resolve the matter.

A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan famous that Mr. Seeman had tendered an unconditional apology, retracted the allegations made in opposition to the complainant and undertaken to not contact her in any method. The actor, in flip, submitted an affidavit withdrawing each her grievance and the FIR in opposition to him.

“The object and objective of submitting these affidavits by the events is to present a quietus to all controversies and litigations between them,” the Bench noticed, including that the FIR stood quashed in view of the settlement.

Senior advocate Shadan Farasat, showing for the actor, clarified that her resolution to withdraw the grievance couldn’t be construed as an apology to Mr. Seeman. He additionally requested that members of Mr. Seeman’s political get together chorus from making statements in opposition to his consumer. Senior advocate Gopal Sankarnarayanan, representing Mr. Seeman, assured the court docket that such restraint could be maintained.

The court docket directed each events to abide by the undertakings made of their affidavits “in letter and in spirit.”

The Bench had earlier suggested Mr. Seeman to apologise to the complainant and withdraw his allegations, indicating that the case might be quashed if each side expressed willingness to settle the dispute.

Mr. Seeman was booked in 2011 underneath Sections 417 (dishonest), 420 (dishonest and dishonesty), 354 (assault on a lady), 376 (rape), and 506(1) (legal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, learn with Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act.

The complainant had alleged that she was in a relationship with Mr. Seeman between 2007 and 2011 on the peace of mind of marriage, however that he subsequently married another person.

On March 3, the Supreme Court had stayed the investigation after the Madras High Court refused to quash the FIR, issuing discover on Mr. Seeman’s plea to discover the opportunity of a settlement. The High Court had earlier, in February 2023, dismissed his plea and directed completion of the investigation inside 12 weeks.