BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 18.11.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Crl.O.P.(MD).No.20406 of 2025 and Crl.M.P.(MD).No.17276 of 2025 Rajendran ... Petitioner/ Accused No.4 Vs.

State of Tamil Nadu rep. by, The Inspector of Police, Alangudi Police Station, Pudukkottai District.

(Crime No.786 of 2020) ... Respondent / Complainant Prayer: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, to call for the records pertaining to the FIR in Crime No.786 of 2020 on the file of the 1^st respondent Police and quash the same as illegal insofar as this petitioner is concerned.

For Petitioner : M/s.A.Banumathy For Respondent : Mr.R.M.Anbunithi Additional Public Prosecutor

ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the impugned FIR in Crime No.786 of 2020 on the file of the first respondent, which was registered for the offences under Section 143, 341, 269, 270 of IPC and Section

51(b) of Disaster Management Act.

2. The allegation in the FIR is that the petitioner, along with others, indulged in a protest without valid permission and caused nuisance and disturbance to the general public, besides causing obstruction to traffic,