O R D E R

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed seeking for direction to the second respondent police to to provide CCTV Footage, covering the complaint in Crime No.60 of 2022 against the petitioner.

2.The facts in brief:-

The de-facto complainant preferred a complaint of sexual harassment against the petitioner, upon which, a case in Crime No.60 of 2022 was registered for the offences punishable under sections 354D, 506(i) IPC r/w section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 2022. The petitioner moved anticipatory bail before this court in Crl.OP(MD)No.2691 of 2022. During the course of the above said anticipatory bail hearing, he filed an affidavit stating that he will appear before Vishaka Committee, but so far, no such Committee was formed. So he filed WP(MD)No.2658 of 2023 for direction to form the Committee. In the meantime, he came to know that the second respondent is acting in a biased manner for some consideration from the de-facto complainant. So he made a request to provide CCTV footage pertaining to the complaint given against him. In response to the above said request, the second respondent gave a communication to provide pen-drive and th