BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 26.02.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE L.VICTORIA GOWRI Crl.O.P.(MD).No.3696 of 2026 and Crl.M.P(MD)Nos.3976 and 3977 of 2026 1.Dharani R.Murugesan 2.M.Karthikeyan 3.R.Manimaran ...Petitioners/A1 to A3 Vs. 1.The State of Tamil nadu, rep., by the Sub-Inspector of Police, Bazaar Police Station, Ramanathapuram District. Crime No.187 of 2023 ... Respondent Prayer : Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, to call for the records relating to the impugned charge sheet laid in S.T.C.No.385 of 2025 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate Court No.I, Ramanathapuram and thus render justice and quash the same pertaining to the petitioner. For Petitioners : Mr.K.Gokul For Respondent : Mr.S.Ravi Additional Public Prosecutor 1/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis ORDER Seeking to quash the impugned charge sheet in S.T.C.No.385 of 2025 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate Court No.I, Ramanathapuram, this criminal original petition is filed. 2.The petitioners are the Accused Nos.1 to 3 in the pending trial in S.T.C.No.385 of 2025 before the learned Judicial Magistrate Court No.I, Ramanathapuram. The first information report in Crime No.187 of 2023 was registered for the offence under Section 283 of IPC and Section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1959, as against the petitioners, on 21.06.2023, on the allegation that they had erected a stage, installed political flags, and obstructed the general public and traffic, without obtaining proper permission from the competent authorities. 3.On the earlier occasion, when the matter came up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners regret their activities and they are ready to file undertaking affidavit 2/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis that they will not, in future, conduct any public meeting or install political flags without obtaining permission from the competent authority. 4.Today (i.e., 26.02.2026), each of the petitioners have separately filed their respective affidavits dated 23.02.2026 undertaking that, in future, they will take appropriate permission from the respondent police for putting up stage, hoisting flag and instal flex board for conducting political meetings, procession and demonstration in respect of their party. 5.Recording the same, the impugned charge sheet in S.T.C.No. 385 of 2025 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate Court No.I, Ramanathapuram is quashed and the Criminal Original Petition is allowed. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petitions are closed. 26.02.2026 3/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis NCC : Yes/No Index : Yes / No Rmk To 1.The Sub-Inspector of Police, Bazaar Police Station, Ramanathapuram District. 2.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. 4/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis L.VICTORIA GOWRI,J., Rmk Crl.O.P.(MD).No.3696 of 2026 5/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis 26.02.2026 6/6 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis