JUDGMENT :

B.R. GAVAI, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. The present appeal challenges the order dated 15th July 2022 passed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Madras in Criminal O.P. No. 20716 of 2020 and Crl. M.P. No. 8763 of 2020, whereby the High Court rejected the petition filed by the present appellant under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (“Cr.P.C.” for short), to call for the records and to quash the First Information Report (“FIR” for short) registered as Crime No. 21 of 2020, on the file of SHO, District Crime Branch, Kancheepuram, in connection with the offence punishable under Section 420 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (“IPC” for short).

FACTS

3. Shorn of details, the facts leading to the present appeal are as under:

3.1 The case of the prosecution is that, during the year 2016, accused No. 2-Suresh Prathaban, being a college friend, approached the complainant Karthick Krishnamurthy for some help to clear his hand loan. The accused No. 2 further told that he had business with accused No. 1- Lakshmanan, who is running a hotel and also doing real estate business. Upon the insistence of accused No. 2, the complainant had agreed