BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

DATED : 15.12.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE L.VICTORIA GOWRI

Crl.O.P.(MD).No.22278 of 2025

and

Crl.M.P.(MD)Nos.18607, 19203 and 19204 of 2025

Lakshmanan Anburaj ... Petitioner

Vs.

The State of Tamilnadu,

Rep. by the Inspector of Police,

Seevalaperi Police Station,

Tirunelveli District.

(Cr.No.313 of 2025) ... Respondent

Prayer : Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, to call for the records relating to the C.C.No.2258 of 2025 pending on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate No.III,

Tirunelveli, and quash the same.

For Petitioner : Mr.V.Sukumar

For Respondent : Mr.B.Thanga Aravindh,

Government Advocate (Crl. side)

ORDER

Preface:

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed invoking the

inherent jurisdiction of this Court seeking quashment of the criminal

proceedings in C.C.No.2258 of 2025, wherein the petitioner has been arrayed as the sole accused for the offence punishable under Section 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, corresponding to Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code, arising out of Crime No.313 of

2025 on the file of the respondent police.

Case of the prosecution:

2. The prosecution case, as ref