HRISHIKESHKUNDU AND ORS. Vs. STATE AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) ON a complaint lodged by Mr. E. Liyakath Ali, Special Tahsildar (Civil Supplies) and Member of Flying Squad, Erode, the Erode Town Police registered a case in Crime No. 1423 of 2012 on 13.8.2012 under Sections 120B, 406 and 420 IPC against one Senthil and Danakodi and after completing investigation, the Erode Police have filed a final report in C.C. No. 14 of 2014 before the Judicial Magistrate No. III, Erode, under Sections 120B, 406, 420 IPC read with Section 66B and 84B of the Information Technology Act, 2008, against 30 accused. Challenging the said prosecution, Hrishikeshkundu (A1) has filed Crl.O.P. No. 6753 of 2014.

(2.) ON a complaint lodged by Mr. Karuppusamy, Deputy Tahsildar and Member of Flying Squad, Dharmapuri, the Kambainallur Police registered a case in Crime No. 277 of 2012 on 12.8.2012 under Section 120B, 417, 420, 465 and 468 IPC against (1) Sureshkumar, (2) Vivekanandhan, (3) Rengaraj, (4) Boopesh, and after completing the investigation, filed final report in C.C. No. 11 of 2014 before the Judicial Magistrate No. I, Dharmapuri for the offences under Sections 120B, 417 read with 109, 411 IPC and Sections 66B and 84B of the Information Technology Act, 2008 against 30 accused. Challenging the said prosecution, Hrishikeshkundu (A -1) has filed Crl.O.P. No. 6752 of 2014 and S. Balaji (A -25) filed Crl.O.P. No. 20992 of 2015.

(3.) ON 13.6.2012, the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (in short TNPSC) issued notification inviting applications for Group -II Examinations. The question papers for the examination was prepared by the TNPSC and the task of printing the question papers was entrusted with M/s. Security Hi -Tech Graphics Private Limited, Kolkatta, owned by Hrishikeshkundu (A -1) on 19.7.2012. Hrishikeshkundu (A -1) appears to have entered into a contract with the TNPSC for confidentially and secretly printing the question papers and sending the same to TNPSC ahead of the examination. Examination for General Tamil and General Knowledge/General English and General Knowledge paper was scheduled to be held on 12.8.2012 at various centres spread throughout Tamilnadu. At Erode Centre, Mr. E. Liyakath Ali, Special Tahsildar (Civil Supplies) and Member of the Flying Squad caught red -handed one Senthil and Danakodi, who were in possession of hand written answers for all the questions that appeared in the above said question paper. As stated above, they both were handed over to the Erode Police and a case in Cr. No. 1423 of 2012 was registered.