The Petitioner seeks to quash the proceedings in CC.No.5828/2006 on the file of the learned Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Chennai.

2. The brief facts, which are necessary for the disposal of this Criminal Original Petition, are as follows:-

The Petitioner has been working as Deputy Superintendent of Police in the Central Crime Branch, Chennai and he has been deputed by the Government to work as Vigilance Officer in the Corporation of Chennai. While he was working in that capacity, the Commissioner of Corporation of Chennai directed him to enquire into certain allegations of cheating and concealment of material facts against its staff the Respondent herein. As per the directions of the Commissioner of Corporation of Chennai, the Petitioner conducted enquiry and filed a report, stating that the Respondent had concealed his studies as a day college student in the Vivekananda College and joined the Chennai Corporation as a full time employee and that even thereafter he joined Madras Law College as a regular student and after completion of B.L. enrolled himself as an advocate and he was practicing as a full time advocate. However, he had managed to get full attendance