S.Vijaya v. State Represented By

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 21.12.2018

CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH Crl.O.P.No.30200 of 2018 and Crl.M.P.No.17740 of 2018

1. S.Vijaya

2. Senthilkumar ... Petitioners vs.

1. State Rep by The Inspector of Police, Chidambaram Town Police Station, Cuddalore District.

2. Mr.Singaravel ... Respondents PRAYER:

Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for records and quash the First Information Report dated 02.04.2018, numbered as FIR.No.133 of 2018, registered by the Inspector of Police, Chidambaram Town Police Station, Cuddalore District. For Petitioner : Mr.M.K.Viswanath For R1 : Mr.M.Mohamed Riyaz Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

This petition has been filed seeking to quash the FIR in Cr.No.133 of 2018 on the file of the respondent police.

2. The FIR has been registered against the petitioners for an offence under Section 420 of IPC.

3. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor on instructions would submit that the amounts were collected from general public towards chit transactions and apart from this complaint, there are 25 more claims that have been made by various debtors.

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4. This Court is not inclined to interfere with the investigation at this stage, since the matter involves general public interest.

5. In the result, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

6. The respondent police is directed to effectively conduct the investigation and file a final report as expeditiously as possible.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CO) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar dss To

1. The Inspector of Police, Chidambaram Town Police Station, Cuddalore District.

2. The Public Prosecutor, Madras High Court, Chennai.

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