IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 16.02.2026 CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA Crl.O.P.No . 3779 of 202 6 Andrew Dev ... Petitioner Vs.

State Rep by Inspector of Police, District Crime Branch, The Nilgiris.

Cr.No.172/2023 ... Respondent PRAYER: Criminal Original petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita/Section 482 Cr.P.C, to issue suitable direction to the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, The Nilgiris to complete the trial of the C.C.No.40 of 2024 at the earliest.

For Petitioner : Mr.K.Govi Ganesan For Respondent : Mr.S.Santhosh Government Advocate (Criminal Side)

O R D E R

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed by the petitioner/de facto complainant seeking expeditious disposal of C.C.No.40 of 2024 pending on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, The Nilgiris, arising out of the FIR in Crime No.1 of 2021 registered for the offences under Sections 465, 471,120B, 468 & 420 of IPC on the file of the respondent, within a stipulated time.

2. When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) appearing for the respondent police submitted that the examination of all prosec