2.It is the case of the petitioner that she lodged a complaint on 08.12.2014 before the first respondent, requesting to retrieve the idol of the Goddess Vempuli Amman and the said complaint was subsequently registered as Crime No.1748 of 2016 by the first respondent. After investigation, the first respondent filed a charge sheet before the Judicial Magistrate, Tambaram. While so, pursuant to the order of this Court dated 21.07.2017 passed in Crl.OP.Nos.8690 and 12060 of 2017, the said criminal case was transferred to the file of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kumbakonam and it was renumbered as CC No.21 of 2017. It is the further case of the petitioner that while the second respondent, who is one of the accused in the said case, claiming ownership of the temple land, from which, the idol was alleged to have been stolen, filed a suit in O.S.No.222 of 2014 on the file of the District Munsif Court, Tambaram, for the relief of injunction, the HR&CE Department through its Executive Officer filed a suit in O.S.No.85 of 2016 before the same District Munsif Court, Tambaram, for declaration and permanent injunction and both the suits are pending trial. According to the petitioner, she being the priest of the said temple, has to perform daily poojas and rituals of the same. Further, she is having school going children. Hence, she finds it difficult to attend the court proceedings of the said criminal case. Therefore, the petitioner is before this Court with the present petition.
