ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed seeking to quash the FIR in Crime No.1 of 2022, on the file of the first respondent police, registered against the petitioner and others for the offences under Sections 408 , 409, 420, 465, 468, 471, and 477-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 .

2. The petitioner is arrayed as A1. There are three accused in this case. It is the case of the prosecution that the defacto complainant, the Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Ramanathapuram, lodged a complaint stating that the Kiliyur Branch is under the administrative control of the Kodikulam Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society; that on 11.11.2021 and 12.11.2021, a jewel verification was conducted and, on such verification, it was found that out of 313 gold bags, 81 gold bags contained fake gold, the value of which was Rs.1,47,14,000/-; and that the said bags were under the control of one Murugesan, who was working as Assistant Secretary-cum-Manager, one Arivazhagan, who was working as Jewel Appraiser, and the petitioner, who was working as Secretary-cum- President of the said Society, and that they are jointly responsible for the loss caused to the Society.

3. Mr.Sricharan Ra