O RDER

This petition is filed seeking quashment of FIR in Crime No.33 of

2020 on the file of the 1st respondent Police registered against the petitioner /

sole accused for the offences punishable under Sections 279, 337 and 338 IPC.

2.The facts as per the records would go to show that when the defacto complainant and his friend were riding a two wheeler in his village, a Scorpio Car bearing Registration No.TN-45-AV-3333 has hit the defacto complainant, thereby he sustained injuries. Hence, the complaint in Crime No.33 of 2020 was registered as against the accused person.

3.Apart from other grounds, the major ground, on which the petitioner has sought for quashment of FIR, is that the respondent police could not file the charge sheet in respect of the offence committed in the year 2020, thereby there is a bar under Section 468 Cr.P.C., from taking cognizance.

4.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the 1st respondent, on the other hand, submitted that even though three years have been lapsed from the date of registration of the FIR, under Section 473 of Cr.P.C., the prosecution can seek for condonation of delay in filing the charge sheet and thereby, at this stage, the FIR cannot b