BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

DATED : 25.11.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN

Crl.O.P.(MD).No.20540 of 2025

and

Crl.M.P(MD) Nos.17436 and 17440 of 2025

Ajikumar ... Petitioner/1^st Accused

Vs.

1.State of Tamilnadu

Represented by the Inspector of Police,

Kotticode Police Station,

Kanyakumari District.

Crime No.100/2019. 2.John Christhu Raj,

Sub-Inspector of Police 462,

Kotticode Police Station,

Kanyakumari District. ...2^nd Respondent/Defacto

Complainant

Prayer : Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., to call for the records in connection with C.C.No.101 of 2024 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate, No.1, Padmanabhapuram, Kanyakumari District and quash

the same as against the petitioner.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Russel Raj

For R1 : Mr.R.Meenakshi Sundaram

Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the final report in C.C.No.101 of 2024 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate, No.1, Padmanabhapuram, Kanyakumari District, filed for the offences punishable under Sections 379 of IPC and Section 21(1) of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.

2. The gist of the allegation in the impugned fi