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This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the complaint dated 18.02.2018 against the petitioner for conducting obscene dance program in his hotel without proper license.
2. According to the FIR, based on prior intimation, at about 23:30 hours, the police authorities have inspected the hotel, run by the petitioner and found more than 10 ladies with obscene dress and 14 spectators in the gallery. Thereafter, 27 persons were apprehended and a sum of https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Rs.1,11,571/- was recovered. A case in Crime No.56 of 2018 under Sections 294A, 509, 109 IPC read with Section 37 of the Tamil Nadu City Police Act, 1888 was registered alleging that the petitioner has engaged ladies for obscene dance in his hotel without proper license.
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4. The learned Government Advocate (Criminal side) submits that on 17.02.2018 at about 23.30 hours, the petitioner was conducting obscene dance by engaging ladies and collecting money from spectators . Based on the prior information the said premises was raided and the persons involved in the obscene act were arrested and the money was also recovered. Further it is contended that the license was not renewed to the petitioner and the interim protection granted to the petitioner for conducting cultural dance program will not enable him to conduct obscene dance at late hours.
5. To ascertain whether there was any interim orders granted by this Court for the petitioner to conduct dance program in his premises, this Court requested the learned counsel for the petitioner to produce the order copy. Accordingly, the learned counsel for the petitioner has produced a copy of the order passed by this Court on 04.01.2017 in W.P.No.46 of 2017 wherein, this Court, taking note of the fact that on 05.07.2016, the petitioner has made an application for renewal of his license, passed an order of interim injunction that he shall conduct dance program but not https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis obscene dance program and he should not create law and order problem and the dance program shall not go beyond 10:00 p.m. This interim order was passed based on the undertaking given by the learned Senior counsel appeared for the petitioner that the petitioner will not conduct any obscene dance program and will not create any law and order problem.
6. By furnishing the photographs, learned Government Advocate (Criminal side) submits that the petitioner had conducted obscene dance program beyond 10:00 p.m, which is contrary to the interim order passed by this Court and therefore, the fourth respondent police has registered the complaint.
7. Taking note of the above fact, this Court finds that there is no merits in this criminal original petition to quash the complaint, which prima faciely indicates that the petitioner conducted dance program beyond 10:00 p.m and such dance program was by ladies dressed obscenely.