ORDER :

Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to direct the respondent police to register FIR based on the Complaint given by the Complainant and in view of the order in Crl. MP. No. 8952 of 2023 dated 24.3.2023, passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate-II, Egmore, Chennai.

1. This criminal original petition was filed for a direction to the respondent police to register FIR pursuant to the order passed by the learned II Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore in Crl. MP. No. 8952 of 2023 dated 24.3.2023.

2. The petitioner after complying with the procedure prescribed under Section 154 of Cr.P.C. approached the learned Magistrate for a direction to the respondent police to register FIR on the ground that the complaint reflects commission of a cognizable offence. The learned Magistrate by an order dated 24.3.2023 has directed the police to enquire the parties and find out if any cognizable offence is made out and thereafter, act in accordance with the judgment of the Hon'ble Apex Court in Lalitha Kumari vs. Government of Uttar Pradesh, 2013 (6) CTC 353.

3. The learned Magistrate has adopted a wrong procedure in the present case. This C