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D. BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY
R. Manikandan – Appellant
Versus
State – Respondent
ORDER :
PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, to call for the records pertaining to the case in impugned charge sheet in P.R.C.No.25 of 2022 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate, Sivagiri, in Crime No.330 of 2020 on the file of the 1st respondent and quash the same as illegal.
A. The Petition:
This Criminal Original Petition is filed to quash the final report in P.R.C.No.25 of 2022 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate Court, Sivagiri, for the alleged offences under Sections 294 (b), 353, 506 (1) and 379 of IPC.
B. The Case of the Prosecution:
2. The case of the prosecution as per the first information report and as per the final report is that L.W.1 –Kajamohaideen, was functioning as the Village Administrative Officer; L.W.2 – Seevil Pandian, was functioning as the Village Assistant and L.W.3 –Muthukumar was functioning as Revenue Inspector, at the relevant point of time. While so, within the boundaries of Sankanaperi Village, in the outskirts of Nitchobanathi River, in Survey Nos.4/1, 11/2, 38/2, 93/1 and near the same in Survey Nos.11/1A, 11/131 and in Nerkattumseval Village, in Survey Nos.260/3A, 179/3, 198/1A, there was unclai
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