JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal filed under Section 378 Cr.P.C., to allow the appeal and set aside the acquittal judgment dated 30.04.2008 in S.C.No.372 of 2005 on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Chennai and convict the respondents/accused as charged.)

1. This Criminal Appeal has been filed under Section 378 of Cr.P.C. by the prosecution/complainant/State represented by the Inspector of Police, W-1, All Women Police Station, Thousand Lights, Chennai–600 006, questioning the judgment dated 30.04.2008 in S.C.No.372 of 2005 passed by the Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Chennai acquitting the accused therein of all charges.

2. For the sake of convenience even though the complainant is the appellant and the accused are the respondents in this appeal, their nomenclature in accordance with the Sessions Case would be used to describe them.

3. A final report had been filed by the Inspector of Police, W-1, All Women Police Station, Thousand Lights, Chennai, before the XIV Metropolitan Magistrate Egmore, Chennai, against A1 - Radhakrishnan, A2 - Kittu @ Chinnakozhandai alleging offence under Section 376(1) IPC and Section 4 of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women