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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
K.Murali Shankar, J
Shyni – Appellant
Versus
State represented through The Inspector of Police, Marthandam Police Station, Kanyakumari – Respondent
ORDER :
This Criminal Revision is directed against the order made in C.M.P.No. 8411 of 2022, dated 21.12.2023, on the file of the Court of Judicial Magistrate No.I, Kuzhithurai, dismissing the petition filed under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C.
2. The case of the petitioner is that the lands in S.No.8/4, 7/11 and 7/12 of Nallur Village, are owned by the petitioner's sister, that she constructed a house leaving some vacant portion adjacent to the house for her convenient enjoyment, that though the respondents 2 to 6 are having separate pathway to the house of the second respondent, with evil intention to form pathway through the petitioner's sister's land, attempted to trespass and harass the petitioner and her family members, that on 15.07.2022, the respondents 2 to 6 with the help of some rowdy elements trespassed into the petitioner's land and caused damages to the compound wall, that when the same was questioned, the fourth respondent abused the petitioner in filthy language and attempted to outrage her modesty and threatened the petitioner with dire consequences, that the fifth respondent has assaulted the petitioner's son and mother, that the respondents 2 to 6 caused damages to the pav
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