(Petition under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code praying for issuance of a direction to call for the records in Crime No.576/2005 on the file of the Inspector of Police, Team-IV, Central Crime Branch, Egmore, Chennai-600 008 and quash the same.)

The criminal original petition is filed seeking quashment of the criminal proceedings in Crime No.576 of 2005 on the file of the Inspector of Police, Team-IV, Central Crime Branch, Egmore, Chennai-600 008.

2. The petitioners have been booked for the offences under Sections 379, 468, 471, 420 and 506 (ii) of the Indian Penal Code, based on the reference made by the learned Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Chennai-600 008, on the complaint presented by the second respondent herein under Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

3. The averment in the complaint preferred by the second respondent is as follows:-

The first accused is M/s. Sri Krishna Tiles and Potteries (Madras) Pvt. Ltd., the second accused is A.R. Santhanakrishnan, Director of the first accused-company, the third accused is Mrs. Radhika Santhanakrishnan, yet another Director of the first accused-company and the fourth accused is Chandrasekar