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2024 Supreme(Online)(MAD) 42501

HIGH COURT OF MADRAS
N.ANAND VENKATESH, J
Kasthuri – Appellant
Versus
The State of Tamilnadu Rep. – Respondent


Advocates:
Mr.A.K.Sriram Senior Counsel for Mr.M.Dinesh Hari Sudarsan, Mr.R.Bhaskaran Additional Advocate General assisted by Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

This petition is filed to enlarge the petitioner on bail in the event of her arrest in Crime No.612 of 2024 on the file of the respondent police.

2.The case of the prosecution is that the defacto complainant while watching You Tube in his mobile phone, happened to see a video where the petitioner was giving a speech at a Brahmin's meet. In that speech, the petitioner is said to have made disparaging remarks against the womenfolk belonging to a particular community. Aggrieved by the same, the complaint was given before the respondent police and based on the same, the FIR came to be registered in Crime No.612 of 2024 on 05.11.2024 for offences under Sections 294(b), 196(1)(a), 197(1)(c), 352 and 353 (3) of BNS 2023 and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 .

3.Heard Mr.A.K.Sriram, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr.R.Bhaskaran, learned Additional Advocate General appearing on behalf of the respondent.

4.The learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is a social activist, political commentator and a cine-actress. She was expressing her views in a particular meeting as to how the Brahm




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