JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to call for the records in F.I.R.No.4/AC/2021 on the file of the Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Salem, for the perusal of this Hon’ble Court and quash the same.)

1. This Criminal Original Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to call for the records in F.I.R.No.4/AC/2021 on the file of the Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Salem and quash the same.

2. The petitioners are A-1 and A-2 in FIR No. 4/AC/2021 which had been registered under Sections 13(2) read with 13(1)(e) of PC Act 1988, 13(1)(b) of PC Act, 1988 as amended and under Section 109 IPC. The first petitioner is a public servant and was employed as Executive Engineer, Rural Development Department, District Rural Development Agency in Tirupathur District. The second petitioner is his wife. The First Information Report came to be registered on 05.02.2021 based on source information received on 18.01.2021.

3. In the First Information Report, it had been stated that information was received that the first petitioner / public servant was in possession of pecuniary resources and pr