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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J
Gurucharan Sivaraj – Appellant
Versus
Director General of Police, Government of Tamil Nadu – Respondent
ORDER :
This Writ Petition has been filed to direct the third respondent to comply with the orders dated 10.01.2025 and 21.01.2025, passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Magalir Neethi Mandram, Nilgiris, thereby, directing to complete the investigation in Zero FIR No.1 of 2025, dated 06.01.205 and file a charge sheet within the time frame fixed by this Court.
2.The petitioner is the father of the minor victim girl. The victim is studying 9th standard in a boarding school at Ooty. The accused 1 & 2 are maternal grandfather and aunt of the victim girl. The victim girl used to spend her Winter holidays at her grandfather and aunt's house at Bangalore and the same continued even after the demise of her mother. On 04.12.2024, the petitioner and the victim girl went to her grandfather's house to spend her Winter holidays. After completion of her holidays, on 09.12.2024, she returned to Ooty. While she was with her grandfather, he threatened the victim girl and took her phone and transferred all her personal photos to his phone without her permission and abused her physically and verbally. Further, he also threatened her with dire consequences. While she was staying with her grandfather, on
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