JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., to call for the records in C.C.No.143 of 2016 pending on the file of the Judicial Magistrate Court, Ooty, and quash the same.)

1. This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the final report in C.C.No.143 of 2016 pending on the file of the Judicial Magistrate Court, Ooty, filed for the offences under Sections 420 and 120B IPC.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the accused are running an Educational Foundation in the name of Merit International Education Foundation. The said Foundation has several institutions, including a College, namely, Merit International Institute of Technology at Ooty and they offer various courses. The accused, by giving promise that the College is affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, have lured the students to join their College. Believing the same, the de facto complainant joined B.E. Course in the said College and also completed his degree. After completing the B.E. Course, the College has not given any Certificate of Anna University, whereas, a certificate in the name of American International University has been issued and when the same was produced before th