IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 05.01.2026 CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA and Crl.M.P.No.24835 of 2025 D.Kamalakannan ... Petitioner Vs.

1. The State represented by, The Inspector of Police, Dusi Police Station, Tiruvannamalai District – 631 702.

2. Gopal ... Respondents PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita/Section 482 Cr.P.C., to call for the records in First Information Report No.243 of 2022 pending on the file of the first respondent Police and quash the same.

For Petitioner : Mr.T.Balaji For R1 : Mr.S.Santhosh Government Advocate (Criminal Side)

O R D E R

The present Criminal Original Petition has been filed seeking to quash the First Information Report against the petitioner in Crime No.243 of

2022, on the file of the first respondent Police.

2. Based on the complaint given by the second respondent, Gopal, who was the then Panchayat Secretary at the Karanthai Panchayat Office, alleging that during the Grama Sabha meeting held on 01.05.2022, the petitioner abused and intimidated him and deterred him from discharging his official duties, a case in Crime No.243 of 2022 was registered on