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G. JAYACHANDRAN
S. Aswin Chandran – Appellant
Versus
State Rep. , by Inspector of Police, Coimbatore – Respondent
JUDGMENT
(Prayer: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., to call for the records in C.C.No.546 of 2018 in Crime No.73 of 2018, pending on the file of Hon'ble Judicial Magistrate No.II, Pollachi and quash the same.)
1. The petitioners 1 to 3 are the Chairman-cum-Managing Director, General Manager and Electrical Engineer of M/s.Precot Meridian Limited. On 26/04/2018, being the day of power shut down, the 1st petitioner requested one V.J.Joseph, a labour contractor, to send his staff to carry out the general electrical maintenance work in his company. Accordingly, V.J.Joseph send three of his staff (Anandkumar, Ramesh Kumar and Shaji) to attend the maintenance work. These three staff went to the petitioner company and were working at the premise of the petitioner company from 9.00 a.m. At about 4.15 p.m., Anandkumar and Ramesh Kumar scaled upon the stool and were attending the machine wires in unit 2 and Shaji squatting on the floor was attending the Panel Board. Suddenly, Shaji became speechless and unconscious. He was taken to the hospital but dead on the way.
2. Anand Kumar gave complaint to the respondent police narrating the above facts and the respondent
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