1. The brief facts of the case are as follows:-

The respondent herein, viz., the Inspector of Police, attached to the Coonoor Police Station, Nilgiris District, had registered a criminal case in Crime No.934 of 2007 for the offence under Sections 186 and 353 of I.P.C. against the revision petitioner herein, viz., M.K. Elangovan. The defacto complainant, Mr. M.P. Janarthanam, Personal Assistant to the Assistant Collector, Coonoor, has stated in his complaint that on 20.09.2007 an enquiry was conducted by the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Coonoor under Section 138 of Criminal Procedure Code and at that point of time, the defacto complainant recorded the evidence of one Mr. Penthose, President of Kodanad Panchayat, who is a petitioner in the said case. The revision petitioner herein has filed a vakalat on behalf of the Estate Manager, Kodanad Tea Estate, and snatched away the records and the evidence recorded from the defacto complainant and tore it off., hence, the case lodged against the revision petitioner herein.

2. Thereafter, the Inspector of Police had conducted an enquiry in the said criminal case and filed a charge sheet before the learned Judicial Magistrate of Coo