The Criminal Original Petition has been filed by the petitioner praying to quash the criminal proceedings in C.C.No.1 of 2016 pending on the file of the learned XII Additional Special Judge for CBI Cases, Chennai, as against the petitioner herein. In the said case, the petitioner herein has been arrayed as the 1st accused.

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

2-1. The petitioner herein/A1 joined Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India in the year 1990. During the period from 01.11.2013 to 26.08.2014 ie., till the date of his suspension, the petitioner/A1 was holding the post of Registrar of Companies, Tamil Nadu and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, at Chennai. The petitioner/A1 is a Public Servant within the meaning of Section 2(c) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

2-2. The 2nd accused viz., Dr.M.A.M.Ramaswamy was the Director/Chairman of M/s.Chettinad Cement Corporation Limited (M/s.CCCL), Chennai, till 2014. M/s.CCCL, Chennai is a company of the Chettinad Group which has interest in cement, silica, construction, transportation, steel fabri