JUDGMENT :

G.K. ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.

Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, to call for the records in the FIR Crime No. 969 of 2020 on the file of the first respondent police and quash the same.

1. This petition has been filed to quash the FIR in Crime No. 969 of 2020 on the file of the first respondent police, for the offences under Sections 3(2)(a),4(1),5(1)(a) of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act r/w Section 4(1)(k) of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act and Sections 188, 269 of IPC as against the petitioners.

2. The case of the prosecution is that when the respondent police were on regular check up, they found that a Recreation club was running without any valid permission. It is also alleged that the petitioners and other accused are the owners of the club and they were doing prostitution business. Hence, the complaint.

3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners would submit that there are totally 9 accused in which the petitioners are arrayed as A1 and A2. They are running a Recreation Club on their own in the name of Kadal Pura Recreation Club, after obtaining necessary permission and proper license from the Prohibition and Ex