JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., to call for the records in respect of the registered FIR in Crime No.06 of 2019, dated 04.03.2019, on the file of Respondent Police and quash the same as illegal and not maintainable.)

1. The Fourth Accused in the FIR is the petitioner herein.

2. The petition is filed seeking quashment of FIR No.06 of 2019 dated 04.03.2019, registered against the petitioner under Sections 167, 420, 409 r/w 109 of IPC and Sections 13(2) r/w 13(1)(a) r/w Section 12 of Prevention of Corruption Act and under similar provisions of law against 26 others.

3. Brief facts leading to the filing of the FIR, is as follows:

(i) The allegation in the FIR dated 04.03.2019, is that a 'school building' at Sri Bala Vidya Mandhir School, was completed construction as early as 25.06.2014 as evidenced from the 'structural soundness certificate' dated 28.05.2014 given by one Mr.E.Srinivasan, a panel Engineer, for the purpose of seeking recognition/license from Education Department for commencing school.

(ii) Suppressing the completed construction and the existence of school building and by showing the property as “Punjai-land”, A2