JUDGEMENT
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(1.)This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to call for the records pertaining to Crime No.2 of 2021 on the file of the first respondent police and quash the same.
(2.)The case in Crime No.2 of 2021 has been registered against the petitioner on the allegations of sexual harassment caused by him to the second respondent between the academic year 2010-2011. The second respondent has sent a complaint through E-mail on 20/7/2021 and the F.I.R. has been registered on the basis of the same for the offences under Sec. 354 IPC and Sec. 4 of Tamilnadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 2002.
(3.)Before adverting into the facts and merits of this petition, the trajectory which led to this stage of the order needs to be mentioned. By virtue of an earlier order dtd. 17/10/2022, this Criminal Original Petition got disposed. The order was to the effect of quashing the F.I.R. by allowing the petition on the ground of limitation under Sec. 468 Cr.P.C.
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