IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 10.07.2023 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.SIVAGNANAM Crl.O.P.No.20823 of 2021 &

Crl.M.P.No.11322 of 2021

1. M. Kottaiya

2. S. Sutharsan ... Petitioners Vs.

The State represented by the Forest Range Officer, Gummidipoondi, Forest Range, Madharpakkam (BDOR No.8 of 2021) ... Respondent PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., to call for the records in Crime BDOR No.8 of 2021 on the file of the respondent Forest Range Officer and quash the same.

For Petitioner : Mr.V. Krishnamoorthy For Respondents : Mr.L. Baskaran Government Advocate

O R D E R

This Criminal Original Petition is filed seeking to call for the records in Crime BDOR No.8 of 2021 on the file of the respondent Forest Range Office and to quash the same.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners were prosecuted by the respondent police for the offences alleged under sections 7, 55(2) and 58 of Biological Diversity Act, 2002 in Crime BDOR No.8 of 2021. The petitioners were arrayed as A1 and A2.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the A1 while supplying Polychaete worms weighing 4 kg to A2 on