IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Dated : 25.10.2024 CORAM The Hon`ble Mr. Justice P.DHANABAL Crl. O.P. No.25690 of 2022 G. Venugopal S/o. T.T. Girirajan ... Petitioner / Accused vs.

1. State represented by:- The Inspector of Police, Central Crime Branch, Team-2, Egmore, Chennai-600 006.

2. Manjula D/o. Late Satya Narayanan .... Respondents PRAYER: The Criminal Original petition is filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code to call for records pertaining to the proceedings in C.C. No.3567 of 2020 on the file of the Metropolitan Magistrate, CCB/CBCID Court, Egmore, Chennai and to quash the same.

For petitioner : Mr. John Sathyan, Senior Counsel For Respondent : Mrs. G.V. Kasthuri, Additional Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras [for R1]

Mr. V. Raghavachari for Mr. K. Balasubramaniam [for R2]

ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed by the petitioner to quash the proceedings pending on the file of the Metropolitan Magistrate Court for exclusive trial of cases under CCB / CBCID, Egmore, Chennain in C.C. No.3567 of 2020 for the offences under Sections 419, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 420 of IPC.

2. According to the prosecution case, the defacto complainant and the accu