ORDER :

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in Crime No.286 of 2017 on the file of the Tirunelveli Junction Police Station, Tirunelveli City, Tirunelveli District and quash the same.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 25.04.2017, at about 10.30 a.m., during the time of patrol at the Junction, the petitioner, who is District Secretary of the DMK party, along with 372 persons, including 11 women, conducted protest against the Central Government in support of the agriculture and farmers, without getting prior permission from the concerned authority. They were obstructing the free flow of people in that area. In order to ensure, free movement of people, they were arrested and a case was registered by the respondent police in Crime No.286 of 2017 for the offences under Sections 341, 143 and 188 IPC.

3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner and the other accused are falsely implicated in this case for political reason as a political vendetta. In order to draw the attention of the Central Government, the petitioner along with several others had protested in support of the farmers. The learned counsel further