JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., seeking to call for the records in C.C.No.243 of 2022 on the file of the learned V Metropolitan Magistrate at Egmore, Chennai and to quash the same.)

1. This petition has been filed to quash the private complaint initiated for offence punishable under Section 500 of IPC.

2. The brief facts leading to the filing of this petition is as follows: (i) The respondent/complainant was enrolled as an Advocate on 07.08.2011, and due to her hard work, she got lot of motivation and now she has set up her independent practice. Her mother is also practicing as a Senior Advocate with more than 25 years.

(ii) The petitioner/accused worked as a Law Officer in Bank of India. After his retirement, he enrolled himself as an Advocate. The petitioner/accused has dealt with several lawyers and exactly know how litigation works and he is not naive to the procedures.

(iii) When the matter stood thus, the petitioner/accused sent a SMS to the respondent/complainant on 26.03.2021, stating that she has to appear before the Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (hereinafter referred to as