JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to quash the FIR in Crime No.40 of 2020 pending on the file of the Inspector of Police, S-11 Tambaram Police Station, Chennai-600 045.

1. This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the FIR in Crime No.40 of 2020, pending on the file of the 1st respondent Police.

2. The 2nd respondent lodged a complaint against the petitioner on 25.01.2020, for alleged occurrence said to have taken place on 23.01.2020. The complaint of the 2nd respondent is registered as Crime No.40 of 2021, for offence under Sections 341, 294(b), 323, 506(i) and Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 2002.

3. The gist of the case is that the 2nd respondent is residing with her husband and they have three children. The first daughter of the 2nd respondent got married and living separately and other two children are residing with her. Her husband was working as Security in Sree Sankara Bala Vidyalaya Golden Jubilee School, Chennai. The 2nd respondent was working as housemaid in CTO colony, Chennai in six houses for the past five years. On 23.01.2020, at about 01.30 p.m., af