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5. This Court gave its anxious consideration to the submissions made by the learned counsel for the accused.
6. On a reading of the complaint given by Ilavarasi, it is seen that she has categorically stated that all the accused were demanding more and more from her and unable to bear their thorns, she had no other option, but to approach the police, but to no avail. The contention of the petitioners that in the 161 Cr.P.C. statement of Ilavarasi it is stated that, she had not given any complaint to the police and therefore, she has come to the Court with unclean hands, cannot be countenanced. The 161 Cr.P.C. statement is an unsigned statement written by the police at the earliest point of time. In the complaint given by Ilavarasi to the Magistrate, she has stated that she had lodged a police complaint, but the police had not taken any action on her complaint. May be to save their skin, the police would have deliberately written in the 161 Cr.P.C. statement that she had not given any complaint to the police. In any event, Section 161 Cr.P.C. is not a substantive piece of evidence.