JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Petition filed under Section 482 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1983, praying to call for the records in C.C.No.21 of 2016 pending on the file of the learned Principal Sessions Judge at Chennai and to quash the entire proceedings in C.C.No.21 of 2016.)

P.N. Prakash, J.

1. This Original Petition has been filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.21 of 2016 pending on the file of the learned Principal Sessions Judge at Chennai.

2. The minimum facts that are required for deciding this quash petition are as under:

On intelligence that unaccounted money is stashed in the residence of one Nagarajan at No.16, 25th Cross Street, Thillai Ganga Nagar, Chennai 600061, the Inspector of Police, Adambakkam Police Station, along with Revenue Officials, searched the said premises on 12.03.2022. At the time of the search, Nagarajan was present and his statement was recorded. The search resulted in the seizure of Rs.7,20,05,000/- in cash. In his statement, Nagarajan stated inter alia that he, along with his compatriots S.Martin and G.Moorthy, had printed lottery tickets of other States and had sold the same without license in Chennai and had acquired the seized cash of Rs