JUDGMENT :

MRIDUL KUMAR KALITA, J.

1. Heard Mr. D. Gogoi, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. K. Angami, learned Public Prosecutor for the State of Nagaland.

2. This application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been filed by the petitioner, Ms. Imtionenla Walling impugning the charge-sheet dated 22.07.2019 filed in G.R. Case No. 689/2018 arising out of Women P.S. Case No. 65/2018 which was filed against the petitioner under Section 506/509 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 67A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

3. The petitioner has prayed for quashing the impugned charge-sheet No. 28/2019 dated 22.07.2019 and also prayed for setting aside the order dated 04.02.2021 passed in G.R. Case No. 689/2018, whereby learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Dimapur had directed further investigation in the said case.

4. The facts relevant for consideration of the instant criminal petition, in brief, are as follows:

(i) That on 25.09.2018, the respondent No. 2 Ms. Imkongnukshilla Imchen lodged an FIR (First Information Report) in the Women Police Station, Dimapur, inter-alia, alleging that the present petitioner and one Mr. Palzer Tshering