MANOJ MISRA, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. This appeal impugns the judgment and order of the High Court at Madras, Digitally signed by dated 06.04.2023 in Crl. O.P. No. 847 of 2021 and Crl. M.P. No. 518 of 2021, whereby the prayer of the appellant to quash final report and consequential proceedings in C.C. No.

Signature Not Verified

3569 of 2020 on the file of the Metropolitan CHETAN ARORA Date: 2026.03.19 Reason:

1 The High Court

Chennai-600008, under Section 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Magistrate (CCB and CBCID, Metro Cases), Egmore,, was partly allowed to the extent of indictment under IPC; however, the prayer to quash indictment under Section 420 was declined.

3. In brief, the prosecution case, as could be evinced from the final report (i.e., police report) submitted under Section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, CrPC, is that the accused (the appellant herein) was producing a ‘movie’. In the course of its production, he ran short of funds. He, therefore, requested the de-facto complainant (i.e., the second-respondent herein) to lend him money on assurance that it wo