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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 26293

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
M.Nirmal Kumar, J
Velusamy – Appellant
Versus
The State represented by Inspector of Police, Kangeyam Police Station, Tiruppur District – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr.N.S.Suganthan
For the Respondents: Mr.Leonard Arul Joseph Selvam, Additional Public Prosecutor

Table of Content
1. petitioners seek quashing of fir for protest offences. (Para 1 , 2)
2. no material for offences; protest is fundamental right. (Para 3 , 4 , 5)
3. prosecution claims unlawful assembly without permission. (Para 6)
4. slogans protected; no evidence or witnesses for charges. (Para 7)
5. fir and charge sheet quashed. (Para 8)

For Petitioners : Mr.N.S.Suganthan For R1 : Mr.Leonard Arul Joseph Selvam, Additional Public Prosecutor ORDER The petitioners, who are accused in FIR in Crime No.399 of 2025 for offence under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 126(2) & 291 BNS on the file of the 1st respondent Police, have filed the Quash Petition.

2.Case of the prosecution is that the 2nd respondent, Tahsildar, Kangeyam Taluk Office lodged a complaint on 24.06.2025 stating that the petitioners herein along with 400 persons under the leadership and instructions of the 1st petitioner assembled together in front of the Office of Kangeyam-Vellakovil Water Conservation Association, Bhagavathipalayam on Tiruchirapalli-Coimbatore National Highways opposite to Divya Mahal and put up a steel sheet held in the private land belonging to the Association for the purpose of holding demonstration in the for

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