JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: This Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, to quash the final report filed in Spl.C.C.No.1 of 2020 before the Special Court No.1 for trial of Criminal Cases related to MP's and MLA of Tamil Nadu, Chennai.)

1. This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner in C.C.No.1 of 2020 on the file of the Special Court No.1 for Trial of Criminal Cases related to MP's and MLA of Tamil Nadu, Chennai.

2. The brief facts leading to the filing of the charge sheet, are as follows:

Pursuant to the FIR dated 12.03.2020 registered by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Teynampet Police Station, the petitioner was charged for the offence under Sections 3(1)(u) and 3(1)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for the sake of brevity hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'). It is the allegation of the prosecution that the petitioner belonging to Dravidian Progressive Federation (DMK), political party and a well known leader, on 15.02.2020 had organized an event namely, Kalaignar Vaasagar Vattaram. In the said function, the accused and the other lead