JUDGMENT :

1. This petition has been filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.174 of 2010, pending on the file of the Judicial Magistrate, Katpadi.

2. Based on the complaint given by the defacto-complainant, an F.I.R came to be registered by the respondent Police for the offence under Section 292(a) and Section 506 (i) of I.P.C and Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 1998. The respondent Police investigated the case and final report came to be filed before the Court below and the same was taken cognizance for the offence under Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 1998 and Section 506(i) of I.P.C. The charges were also framed by the Court below and the same has been put to challenge in this Criminal Original Petition.

3. The case of the prosecution is that the defacto-complainant had dispute with her husband Balaji and there was a Civil Suit pending between them. The 2nd respondent also gave an complaint against the said Balaji for an offence under SC/ST Act and the same was pending in Special S.C.No.1 of 2009 before the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Vellore. The petitioner was a practising advocate