JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., to call for the records relating to the charge sheet in Spl.S.C.No.20 of 2021 on the file of the Special Court for exclusive of cases under POCSO Act, Madurai and quash the same against the petitioner's concerned.)

1. This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in Spl.S.C.No.20 of 2021 on the file of the Special Court for Exclusive Cases under POCO Act, Madurai.

2. The victim has been duly identified by Ms. P. Raja Lakshmi WPC-612 attached to All Women Police Station, Usilampatti, Madurai. The complaint was given by none other than the victim herself. She was then aged about 17 years. It is confirmed by the prosecution that the victim was born in the year 2003 and that she has now attained majority. The victim now got married and has presently settled down in Chennai.

3. The petitioner gives an undertaking before this Court that he will completely stay away from the victim and not interfere with her present life.

4. I am conscious that the offences under POCSO Act are not compoundable. However, a learned judge of this Court, vide order dated 27.01.2021 in the decision reported in