ORDER :

G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, J.

[PRAYER: Criminal Original petition filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the records of C.C.No.207 of 2017 pending on the file of Principal District Munsif cum Judicial Magistrate, Neyveli and quash the same as against the petitioner herein.]

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.207 of 2017 on the file of the District Munsif cum Judicial Magistrate, Neyveli.

2. Heard the learned counsel appearing on either side and perused the materials available on record.

3. The case of the prosecution is that the respondent filed a private complaint and the same has been taken cognizance by the Trial Court in C.C.No.207 of 2017 for the offence under Section 28(1) of the Pre-conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act 1994 and Pre-conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Rules 1996 and for the offences under Section 3B, 18(1), (5) and Rule 3A (1) of PCPNDT Act Rules 1996 punishable under Sections 23(1) of the Pre-conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act (Central Act) N