ORDER :

Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, praying to set aside the order dated 22.04.2024 in Crl.M.P.No. 12306 of 2024 i.e., suspension of sentence on the file of Court of Sessions at Chennai.

1. This Criminal Original Petition has been presented on May 14, 2024 under Section 482 of the ‘Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act No. 2 of 1974)’ (henceforth ‘Cr.P.C.’), praying to set aside the order dated April 22, 2024 made in Crl.M.P.No. 12306 of 2024 in C.A.No. 311 of 2024 on the file of the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Chennai pending disposal of C.A.No. 311 of 2024, which is now made over to XX Additional Sessions Court, Chennai.

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2. The petitioner herein is the accused and the respondent herein is the complainant before ‘II Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Egmore, Chennai’ (henceforth ‘Trial Court’). The petitioner and the respondent are trustees of M/s.Vasudeva Pillai Trust. The respondent filed a private complaint against the petitioner alleging that the petitioner committed the offence of criminal defamation punishable under Section 500 of 'The Indian Penal Code, 1860' (henceforth 'IPC'), before the