BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 03.11.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE Mr.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Crl.OP(MD)No.17554 of 2025 &

Crl.M.P.(MD)Nos.14297 & 14298 of 2025 Palaniyappa Perumal ... Petitioner Vs.

1.State of Tamil Nadu, Represented by The Inspector of Police, Perumalpuram Police Station, Tirunelveli City, Tirunelveli.

(Crime No.386 of 2021)

2.Chandra, Sub-Inspector of Police, Tirunelveli City, Tirunelveli. ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of BNSS to call for the records pertaining to the impugned proceedings in C.C.No. 161 of 2022 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate Court No.I, Tirunelveli and quash the same as against the petitioner / accused no.2 is concerned.

For Petitioner : Mr.C.Saravanakumar For respondents : Mr.R.Meenakshi Sundaram, Additional Public Prosecutor for R1

O R D E R

This Criminal Original Petition is filed to quash the impugned final report for the offences under sections 3(1), 3(2)(b), 4(2)(a), 4(2)(c), 5(1)(a) and 5(1)(c) of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956.

2. The allegation in the final report is that the petitioner arrayed as A2 along with other accused was running a brothel in a hotel and thus