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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
L.VICTORIA GOWRI
Jayaraman @ Pattti Jayaraman – Appellant
Versus
State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by the Sub Inspector of Police, Kallikudi Police Station, Madurai – Respondent
ORDER :
L. VICTORIA GOWRI, J.
Preface:
This Criminal Original Petition has been filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.541 of 2023 pending on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Thirumangalam, insofar as the petitioner/A5 is concerned.
2. The petitioner stands arrayed as the fifth accused. The criminal law was set in motion on the complaint lodged by the second respondent/de-facto complainant, pursuant to which the first respondent police registered a case in Crime No.262 of 2013 for the offences under Sections 406, 420, 465, 468, 471 and 506(i) IPC. Upon completion of investigation, the final report came to be laid for the offences under Sections 120-B, 423, 465, 468, 471, 473, 406, 420 and 506(i) IPC.
3. The gravamen of the accusation is that accused Nos.1 to 4, acting in concert, induced several innocent persons by making a false promise that employment would be secured for them in the Railways Department, collected huge sums of money from them, fabricated appointment-related documents and, when the deceit surfaced, threatened the victims instead of returning the money. The petitioner, who is the father of the second accused, seeks quashment on the ground that no s
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