It is seen that the case in Crime No.533 of 2016 has been registered only on 09.12.2016 for offences under Sections 420, 294(b), 506(1) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act, 2002.
2. Taking into consideration the nature of the allegations in the First Information Report, a direction to the respondent police to complete the investigation in a time bound manner cannot be issued. However, this Court directs the respondent police to expeditiously complete the investigation in Crime No.533 of 2016 and either file a closure report or a charge sheet, as the case may be, expeditiously.
3. This Criminal Original Petition is disposed of with the above direction.
To
1.The Superintendent of Police, Office of the Superintendent of Police, Madurai District.
2.The Inspector of Police, Silaiman Police Station, Madurai District.
3.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai..