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This petition has been filed seeking to quash the FIR in Crime No.89 of 2021 on the file of the first respondent Police.

2.The case of the prosecution is that on 21.03.2021, the defacto complainant and other officials were patrolling their duty near Vembakottai to Thulukkankurichi Road, at about 12.20 a.m, they intercepted the petitioners' vehicle bearing Registration No.TN-22- CZ-1252 Xylo and searched the vehicle and found 2000 notices with printed cooker labels belongs to AMMK political party. Thereby, the first respondent police registered a case in Crime No.89 of 2021 against the petitioners for the offences under Sections 4AA(1a) and 4AA(4) of Tamil Nadu Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1959.

3.The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that though the case in Crime No.89 of 2021 was registered on 22.03.2021, till date, the charge sheet has not been filed and there was a delay in filing the charge sheet which is barred under Section 468(2) of Cr.P.C. He would further submit that in respect of the offence committed by the petitioners under Sections 4AA(1a) and 4AA(4) of Tamil Nadu Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1959, the maximum puni