O R D E R

1) Leave granted.

2) Application for deletion of deceased appellant No.1 (Mrs. Shaalini) from the array of parties is allowed.

3) Arising out of impugned order dated 30.11.2021 passed by the Madras High Court rejecting quash petition, [Digitally signed by] preferred by the appellants under Section

482 Cr.P.C ., [ Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ], the present appeal has been filed.

4) After hearing learned counsel for the parties, the short question that arises for consideration in Signature Not Verified the present case is:

NIDHI AHUJA Date: 2025.10.18

13:39:01 IST Reason:

1 Criminal Original Petition No. 7256 of 2017

The complainant took admission in the year 2006 pursuant to an advertisement, affiliation of the Institute, namely, Merit International Institute of Technology, was from Alagappa University. The complainant passed the degree of Bachelor of Studies (B.S.) in Information Technology, Communications and Software Engineering in the year 2010. At the relevant point of time, any advertisement indicating the affiliation of the Institute from Anna Uni