ORDER :

This petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in Spl.SC.No.133 of 2019, on the file of the Special Court for POCSO Act at Cuddalore, insofar as the petitioners are concerned.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 03.10.2014, the daughter of the second respondent was alleged to have been kidnapped by A1 and thereafter, A1 is said to have had sexual intercourse with the minor girl resulting in she getting pregnant. An FIR came to be registered in Crime No.241 of 2014. After investigation, a final report came to be filed before the Special Court for POCSO Act at Cuddalore. The petitioners have been arrayed as A2 to A9 for alleged offences under Section 366A of IPC and Section 17 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (herein after referred to as 'POCSO Act). The first petitioner is the father of A1 and the other petitioners are the friends and neighbours of A1. A6 is said to have died during the pendency of the proceedings.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the daughter of the second respondent had voluntarily gone along with A1 since both of them had a love affair and they were living independently and the petitioners had