SUNDER MOHAN
S. Ravichandran – Appellant
Versus
M. V. Ramani – Respondent
ORDER :
PRAYER : Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to call for the records and quash the C.C. No. 2563 of 2019 pending on the file of the learned XVII Judicial Magistrate, Saidapet, Chennai.
The petitioners herein are arrayed as accused 1 to 8 in a private complaint filed by the respondent / complainant herein for the alleged offences under Sections 120B, 403, 405, 408, 409, 420, 421, 422, 425, 466, 467, 571, 477 and 477A of the Indian Penal Code. The first to fifth petitioners are the office bearers of Sri Ram Samaj Society registered under the Societies Registration Act (herein after referred to as 'Society' for the sake of convenience). The sixth petitioner is the Secretary of Sri Sitaram Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, West Mambalam which is administered and run by the Society. The seventh and eighth petitioners are the Chartered Accountants by profession and the Statutory Auditors of the Society.
2.The respondent / complainant is a life member of the Society who was admitted in the year 1988. It is his case that the petitioners had committed fraudulent acts in the management of the Society. The Society runs
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