O R D E R

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the final report filed by the first respondent police against the petitioner for the offences punishable under Sections 143 , 341, 283, and 171(E) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 , in S.T.C.No.556 of 2022 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Aranthangi.

2. The allegation in the final report against the petitioner is that during a local body election, the petitioner along with others stopped the voters and served tea, coffee, and cool drinks to persuade them to cast their votes in their favour.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the allegations, besides being false, would not constitute any of the offences alleged; that the impugned proceedings were initiated at the instance of the Village Administrative Officer, and that none of the persons who were allegedly induced to vote had lodged any complaint; and that the complaint has been lodged only on the presumption that tea, coffee, and cool