ORDER :

Prayer: Criminal Original Petition has been filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. pleased to call for the records and quash the First Information Report registered in Crime No. 515/2019 for the offences under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468 and 471 of IPC on the file of the 1st respondent police.

1. This Criminal Original Petition is filed to quash the F.I.R in Crime No. 515 of 2019 registered for the offences under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468 and 471 of I.P.C, alleging that on the very same set of facts, the defacto complainant had already initiated a private complaint under Section 200 Cr.P.C and same is pending on being taken cognizance by the learned District Munsif cum Judicial Magistrate at Sriperumbudur in C.C.No. 176/2015.

2. In the petition it is contended that, suppressing the pendency of the private complaint and without any new facts or material evidence, the complaint dated 11.11.2019 to the police is lodged and same has been registered and taken up for investigation in Crime No. 515 of 2019. The subsequent complaint to the police for the same set of facts while the private complaint in C.C.No. 176 of 2015 is pending amounts to forum shopping.

3. It is contended, that in