K. MURALI SHANKAR
R. Mohamed Elias @ Mohamed Eliyas – Appellant
Versus
State represented through The Inspector of Police, Dindigul – Respondent
JUDGMENT
(Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C, to call for the records of impugned Charge Sheet in S.T.C.No.939 of 2022 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate No.III, Dindigul and quash the same as illegal as against the petitioners.)
1. This Criminal Original Petition has been filed, invoking Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking orders to call for the records pertaining to the case in S.T.C.No.939 of 2022 pending on the file of the Court of the Judicial Magistrate No.III, Dindigul and quash the same.
2. The petitioners are the accused 1 to 5 in S.T.C.No.939 of 2022 pending on the file of the Court of the Judicial Magistrate No.III, Dindigul.
3. On the basis of the complaint lodged by one Suppuraj, Village Administrative Officer, Adiyanuthu Village, FIR came to be registered in Crime No.1617 of 2020 on 31.07.2020 for the alleged offences under Sections 143, 341, 283 and 269 IPC against the accused including the petitioners herein.
4. The first respondent, after completing the investigation, has laid a final report dated 24.11.2021 under Section 173 Cr.P.C. against the petitioners for the alleged offences under Sections 143, 341 and 283 IPC and the case was taken
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