O R D E R

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed seeking to quash the final report in C.C.No.228 of 2025 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate No.II, Sivagangai, Sivagangai District, filed against the petitioner/A5 for the offences punishable under Sections 408, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 477(A) and 109 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 .

2. The petitioner is arrayed as A5. It is alleged in the final report that the petitioner along with others had committed various irregularities, created fabricated documents and had sanctioned crop insurance amount to persons who do not own lands. The petitioner is said to have committed misappropriation to the tune of Rs.1,89,451/- towards paddy insurance and Rs.3,85,500/- towards chilli insurance in the name of his relatives and had permitted misappropriation of a sum of Rs.15,29,600/-

by the other accused, and thus committed the aforesaid offences.

3. Mr.B.Saravanan, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that an enquiry was conducted under Section 81 of the Tamil Nadu Co-

operative Societies Act, 1983 [hereinafter referred to as “the Act”]; that criminal action was recommended by the Enquiry Officer; that no surcharge proceed