BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 19.02.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE L.VICTORIA GOWRI Crl.O.P.(MD).No.4297 of 2025 and Crl.M.P(MD).Nos.3045 and 3046 of 2025 Mari ...Petitioner Vs.

1.State of Tamil Nadu, The Inspector of Police, AWPS Thallakulam, Madurai City.

Crime No.8 of 2019

2.Saraladevi ... Respondents Prayer : Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, to call for the records relating to the impugned charge sheet in C.C.No.220 of 2021 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate cum Additional Mahila Court, Madurai and quash the same as illegal.

For Petitioner : Mr.K.Sivabalan for M/s.Aran Legal Consultancy For R1 : Mr.M.Vaikkam Karunanithi Government Advocate (Crl. Side)

ORDER

Seeking quashment of the final report laid in C.C.No.220 of 2021 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate cum Additional Mahila Court, Madurai, this criminal original petition is filed.

2.The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is a senior citizen of age 76 years and he is the second accused in the pending trial in C.C.No. 220 of 2021. The case of the prosecution is that the marriage between the defacto complainant and