IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS RESERVED ON: 09.04.2025 PRONOUNCED ON: 09.09.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.NIRMAL KUMAR Crl.O.P.No.8229 of 2025 Vincent Ramesh Babu ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Director, Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Vellore.

2.The State rep. By The Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Vellore. ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of BNSS, to call for the records and quash the FIR in Crime No.8 of 2021 dated

25.06.2021 on the file of the second respondent.

For Petitioner : Mr.V.Raghavachari Senior Counsel for Ms.V.Srimathi For Respondent : Mr.S.Udayakumar Government Advocate (Crl. Side)

ORDER The petitioner/A3 in Crime No.8 of 2021 for the offence under Sections 120B, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 477A of IPC and Section 13(2) r/w. 13(1)(b) r/w. 12 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 filed this quash petition.

2.The contention of the learned senior counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner was serving as Block Development Officer from 2017 to 2018 and as Block Development Officer (Village Panchayat) in Alangayam Panchayat Union served from 13.03.2019 to 20.06.2019, thereafter he was transferred a