JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, praying to call for the records in Spl.SC.No.170 of 2023 pending on the file of the Sessions Judge, Mahila Neethi Mandram (Fast Track Court), Tiruvallur District and quash the same against the petitioner.)

This petition has been filed to quash the proceedings pending in Spl.SC.No.170 of 2023 on the file of Sessions Judge, Mahila Neethi Mandram (Fast Track Court), Tiruvallur District.

2. The case of the prosecution is that a letter was received from the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime against women and children). In that letter, it was mentioned that the petitioner had downloaded in his mobile phone pornographic materials pertaining to children. On receipt of the letter, the second respondent had registered a First Information Report in Crime No.03 of 2020 on 29.01.2020 for offences under Sections 67-B of Information Technology Act, 2000 and 14(1) of Protection of Child from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

3. In the course of investigation, the mobile phone belonging to the petitioner was seized and it was sent to the Forensic Science Department for analysis. A report was given by